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TAKING SIDES
15 Mar
10

TAKING SIDES

To dismiss our interdependence within the family of nations is foolish.

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AUGUST ORCHARD
08 Mar
8

AUGUST ORCHARD

Anyone see a poem in there?

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SEE THE WORLD. BE HAPPY.
01 Mar
14

SEE THE WORLD. BE HAPPY.

Twelve months before his death, Martin asked me to officiate his memorial service.

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tree planting
22 Feb
10

TIKKUN OLAM

There are only two kinds of religion: The religion of being right and the religion of being kind.

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MAY HIS MEMORY BE BLESSED
15 Feb
3

MAY HIS MEMORY BE BLESSED

I inadvertently found out that my first-ever best friend died last month. I didn’t weep. I gasped.

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A JEWISH PRAYER
08 Feb
10

A JEWISH PRAYER

I don’t like Stephen Miller. Maybe Jesus does, but I don’t.

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JESUS AIN’T NICE
01 Feb
7

JESUS AIN’T NICE

Just when you think Jesus loves and forgives everybody, it turns out he doesn’t.

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A STORM OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS
25 Jan
5

A STORM OF BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS

Two hundred million of us will be affected. But, alas, another type of storm is gathering.

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LET THE MYSTERY BE
18 Jan
13

LET THE MYSTERY BE

The Magical Mystery Tour is coming to take you away.

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IGNORE THE ELEPHANT (Talk About Jesus)
11 Jan
5

IGNORE THE ELEPHANT (Talk About Jesus)

My friend and I have a tacit agreement not to speak of the elephant in the room.

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

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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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