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3rd Sunday in Advent
13 Dec
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NIGHT

Today is the third Sunday of Advent. The third candle stands for joy. Tonight I will light that candle with a trembling hand and a broken heart.

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A LONG DARK WINTER
06 Dec
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A LONG DARK WINTER

I hear talk of “a long, dark winter.” And I hear talk of “light at the end of the tunnel.”

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THANKSGIVING
22 Nov
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THANKSGIVING

“Well, what about Thanksgiving?” What about it? It’s contrived, isn’t it?

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OUR SIDE WON
15 Nov
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OUR SIDE WON

And yet, seventy-three million Americans voted for the president. How could they?

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WHAT, ME WORRY?
08 Nov
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WHAT, ME WORRY?

I worried Tuesday night. I worried the next day. I worried all week

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GOODBYE, MR. PRESIDENT
01 Nov
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GOODBYE, MR. PRESIDENT

Now that you’re leaving I will say, I did admire a few things about you.

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THE GOD WHO SMITES
25 Oct
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THE GOD WHO SMITES

My longtime friend is a secular Jew, which makes him, I think, a humanist. He hasn’t renounced his Judaic heritage, but he takes it with a grain of salt.

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MIRACLE ON PATRICK STREET
18 Oct
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MIRACLE ON PATRICK STREET

Paula and I drove to Frederick this past Sunday to have lunch with two friends we hadn’t seen for what […]

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POSITIVE THINKING
11 Oct
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POSITIVE THINKING

The president tested positive for COVID. I gloated. I told myself not to, but I couldn’t stop.

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STILL WATERS
04 Oct
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STILL WATERS

I read the news. I study the polls. I remember. My stomach’s in knots.

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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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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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