A surprising response to HATE at the Pride Parade in Albuquerque.
Once upon a time there was a whole lot of old people—hordes of ’em—standing as buffers between us and the grave.
A reader told me she liked most of my posts but not all. Which ones don’t you like, I asked. She told me.
My mom was down on folly.
Jesus would not be with the pope on everything, but he would be with him on this: Those who build walls are not Christians.
I saw Jesus napping in a hammock in my backyard. A transistor radio lay on his chest. A baseball game was on.
I missed the Resurrection. I was born too late. But I heard about it. Boy, did I ever.
Today tyrants are put on notice. Today is Palm Sunday.
I’m on a crusade. Nothing but death will stop me
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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.









