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GUMPTION
19 Jan
8

GUMPTION

Trump will be president. We can’t change that. Time for the “Serenity Prayer?”

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Presbyterian Church Shepherdstown
12 Jan
6

INSIDE WORK

I’m on deck for another colonoscopy. Thanks, Dad.

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Bible
05 Jan
10

THE WEANING OF JIMMY CARTER

Jimmy Carter was a Baptist. I once was, too. So I know something about him you might not.

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SHIP OF FOOLS
29 Dec
0

SHIP OF FOOLS

Don’t read Plato’s Republic. It will scared the bejesus out of you.

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christmas candle
22 Dec
10

KEEP HOPE ALIVE

All I want for Christmas is peace on earth. And if that’s too much to ask, I’ll settle for peace in the Middle East.

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Welcome to Shepherdstown
15 Dec
2

A WORLD OF GRACE

I stumbled on Shepherdstown 50 years ago this week.

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CREATIONISM VERSUS EVOLUTION
08 Dec
2

CREATIONISM VERSUS EVOLUTION

Creationists wield the biblical story of creation to oppose the exclusive teaching of evolution in American public schools.

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BOOK-SIGNING DAY
01 Dec
0

BOOK-SIGNING DAY

Many of you will be at my book launch this afternoon. Most won’t. Many of you live a long ways from Shepherdstown

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ragging sea
24 Nov
29

A SEA OF RESENTMENT

Some of you “corrected” me for what I said in last Sunday’s post. It wasn’t for my praise of education.

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EDUCATION MATTERS
17 Nov
6

EDUCATION MATTERS

There is a cult of ignorance in the United States. There has always been.

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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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About The Author

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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