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SUPER BOWL 2021
10 May
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SUPER BOWL 2021

Much to my surprise, I was there.

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RESURRECTION SEX (Breaking news!)
03 May
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RESURRECTION SEX (Breaking news!)

Who knew?

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CRUCIFIXION (Lest Easter make us forget!)
26 Apr
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CRUCIFIXION (Lest Easter make us forget!)

I saw Jesus hanging from a cross. And I saw what was to come.

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RESURRECTION (A week later)
19 Apr
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RESURRECTION (A week later)

I saw Jesus napping in a hammock in my backyard.

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EASTER 2020 (I saw Jesus today)
12 Apr
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EASTER 2020 (I saw Jesus today)

I saw Jesus in the tomb today. (I thought it would be empty, but it wasn’t.)

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WORLD WAR III
05 Apr
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WORLD WAR III

This is it. World War III. Every nation on the battlefield again. But this time, everyone is on the same side.

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ZOOM (A love story)
29 Mar
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ZOOM (A love story)

Zoom is a contagion. Everybody’s getting it.

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BIRDS ARE BUDDHISTS
22 Mar
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BIRDS ARE BUDDHISTS

I let the cat out this morning. She never bolts out the door. She ponders the risk.

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ACT OF GOD?
15 Mar
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ACT OF GOD?

Is this pandemic an “act of God” as some claimed HIV/AIDS, Hurricane Katrina, and the Black Death were?

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Hillbilly Hot Dogs
08 Mar
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HILLBILLY HOTDOGS (A Love Story)

There actually is such a place. It’s just outside of Huntington on the Ohio River Road heading north.

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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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