IT’S HARD TO STOP A TRAIN
We are loud. We are strong. We are organized. We are unflappable. Or so I thought.
We are loud. We are strong. We are organized. We are unflappable. Or so I thought.
How can we not fret?! These are scary and troublesome times.
I recently found out something about Ed Sullivan I didn’t know.
Jesus attended the gathering of generals and admirals at Quantico last week.
It was a bad week for Trump. A good week for Jesus.
First they came for undocumented criminals. Then they came for undocumented field workers. Then they came for foreign students.
Dung beetles eat four times their weight every day. They leave no poop behind.
How did the rose ever open its heart and give this world all of its beauty?
Last Sunday one of my readers “unsubscribed.” I was shocked when I found out why.
Last Sunday Paula and I crossed the Potomac River to check out the Smoketown Brewery in Brunswick, Maryland
Thanks to Old Scratch I’ll be posting a reflection on something I find remarkable in and around our world most every Sunday morning.
Read more about the devil’s role in my life in “This Little Light of Mine” under Let Love Arise in the menu bar.

Something notable happened this month that merits an early return from my sabbatical.

I reached a personal milestone yesterday. Alas, there were no fireworks and no parades.

Soccer is a beautiful game, my sons told me years ago. I couldn’t see what they saw, but I’m beginning to.

I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.
Randall Tremba was born and raised in Youngstown, Ohio. He took a bachelor of arts in philosophy at Wheaton College, Illinois (1969), [delete extra space]a master’s of divinity at Fuller Theological Seminary, Pasadena, California (1973)[comma] and a doctor of ministry at Princeton Seminary (1992). He was installed as minister of the Shepherdstown (WV) Presbyterian Church in July 1976. Forty-one years later he retired. In between[comma]* he married Paula, became a parent (Jonah, Nathanael, Amanda) and a grandfather as well as founding[comma] founded the Rumsey Radio Hour (1990), and co-founded the Shepherdstown Good News Paper with Ed Zahniser (May 1979). You can follow the author on his blog, thedevilsgift.com.
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