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AGNOSTIC
02 May
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AGNOSTIC

I’m not sure labels such as fundamentalist, theist, atheist, deist, pantheist, animist, environmentalist, secularist, or humanist are helpful.

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HOW THE ROSE OPENED
25 Apr
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HOW THE ROSE OPENED

My post last Sunday prompted some subscribers to unsubscribe. Only two, but not just any two.

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LOVE NEVER DIES
18 Apr
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LOVE NEVER DIES

Jesus is dead, I said in my Easter Sunday blog post. A reader disagreed.

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RESURRECTION (A week later)
11 Apr
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RESURRECTION (A week later)

I saw Jesus napping in a hammock in my backyard. A transistor radio lay on his chest.

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MARY DON’T YOU WEEP
04 Apr
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MARY DON’T YOU WEEP

Today is the first day of Easter. Today is also the last day of Passover. Today is the beginning of one, the end of the other. A rare convergence.

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EARTH IS OUR GIG
28 Mar
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EARTH IS OUR GIG

Last Sunday I posed the question: “Are we alone?” The post prompted many comments.

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ARE WE ALONE?
21 Mar
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ARE WE ALONE?

My friend believes extraterrestrial life is out there. I’m skeptical but I’m not a denier.

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WIZENED BEAUTY
14 Mar
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WIZENED BEAUTY

All my friends are getting old. One just turned 70. Another 90. When I was 30, people that age looked awfully old.

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NOT LONG TO LIVE
07 Mar
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NOT LONG TO LIVE

This past Monday, I said yes. I should have said no. And now I regret it.

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RUSH LIMBAUGH
28 Feb
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RUSH LIMBAUGH

The most dangerous man in America is dead.

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Thanks to Old Scratch I’ll be posting a reflection on something I find remarkable in and around our world most every Sunday morning.

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

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

O JOGO BONITO

July 19, 2026

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

BEYOND REASON

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I'm a soccer fan but not a fanatic. Alas, the game releases the inner barbarian.

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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.

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