The Devil’s Gift is on a holiday break. I hope you enjoy this photograph from Paula who is now an award-winning photographer. Her photo “Unconsumed Light” was awarded “Best in Show” at the Frederick Camera Clique Juried Exhibit this month. You can see more of her work at paulatrembaphotography.com.
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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.
