My friend came to see that the pursuit of happiness is the wrong pursuit.
Wise, courageous, scholarly, and kind. He opened my eyes.
Who would you include in the “National Garden of American Heroes?”
Just when you thought you knew everything about Jesus, he shaves and goes on a date.
Did you hear what happened when the president read the Bible aloud last week in the Oval Office?
Am I the only one who did know these two things about him?
Who will tell the United States Secretary of Holy Crusades?
How much can you trust an auto mechanic?
I used to think dangling conversations were regrettable.
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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.









