This is the Second Sunday of Advent. The first candle stands for hope. The second for faith. It may be […]
Nightmares begone! Today is the First Sunday of Advent. There’s a light up ahead. No more darkness. No more […]
I read the news this Tuesday past. A young man was found dead in the trunk of his car—shot by […]
I go to yoga the way a lot of people go to church. Which is to say, occasionally. And that […]
My former church found itself a new pastor. Last Sunday was her First. There will never be another First Sunday. […]
Last week during a round of decluttering I took the lid off a large box. It had sat unopened for […]
That’s funny. It wouldn’t be funny if it were Buddha, Moses, Muhammad, or Bob shaving. JESUS SAVES. JESUS SHAVES. Funny! […]
Last Sunday I officiated a wedding at the Audubon Woodend Sanctuary in Chevy Chase. Beautiful bride. Handsome groom. Beaming parents. […]
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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.









