A BOOK OF BLESSINGS
I could write a “book of regrets.”
I could write a “book of regrets.”
But not to their god. Their god is too small.
Once upon a time, 52.1 million white evangelicals found themselves wandering in a wilderness. And then along came the devil.
I’m not giving up anything. I’m not taking on anything. I’m happy with the way I am.
America once aspired to be a city on a hill. That city has fallen.
My friend is easily triggered these days. He goes off at the mere mention of a certain name.
Russell Vought, one of the architects of Project 2025, and I have something in common.
What do you know about our 51st state?
Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde rocks. But she got something wrong.
Let us praise the good bishop.
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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