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GIVING UP LENT
21 Feb
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GIVING UP LENT

Today is the First Sunday in Lent. I’m not giving up anything. I’m not taking on anything. I’m happy with the way I am.

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VALENTINE’S DAY (Ugh!)
14 Feb
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VALENTINE’S DAY (Ugh!)

Today is Valentine’s Day. I’m not a big fan.

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SUPER BOWL 2021 (Revisited)
07 Feb
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SUPER BOWL 2021 (Revisited)

I attended tonight’s Super Bowl last year—in a dream. Nothing in that dream will happen tonight. But something nearly as incredible will.

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WELCOME TO EARTH, BABY
31 Jan
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WELCOME TO EARTH, BABY

The insurrection came. The impeachment came. The inauguration came. And then along came Magnolia.

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NAPOLEON EXILED
24 Jan
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NAPOLEON EXILED

Trump is not Napoleon. The United States is not France. The 19th century is not the 21st. And yet.

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STORMING THE CAPITOL
17 Jan
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STORMING THE CAPITOL

A raging mob stormed the Capitol on Wednesday, January 6. Honestly, I’ve felt like doing that myself numerous times.

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BAPTISM OF JESUS SUNDAY
10 Jan
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BAPTISM OF JESUS SUNDAY

On the second day of this new year I walked the battlegrounds of Antietam. I’ve walked those grounds many times. But this time was different.

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STAR OF BETHLEHEM
03 Jan
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STAR OF BETHLEHEM

Some say the star of Bethlehem was the conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Some say it was a comet, a supernova, or a double occultation of Jupiter by the moon.

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JESUS SHAVES
27 Dec
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JESUS SHAVES

Here’s a post from the archives. October 13, 2019. Not exactly a Christmas theme but it does mention the birth of Jesus.

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VACCINE
20 Dec
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VACCINE

Advent comes around every year and is quickly swallowed by Christmas. But this year is different.

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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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WITH THE ONE YOU LOVE

October 25, 2026

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

SEE YOU IN NOVEMBER

July 26, 2026

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

July 12, 2026

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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