by SusanTernyey, Aug 2025 Marriage: James & Letty Onedin It’s been about 3 years since James sought a match with first Caroline Maudslay (a poor choice for him) and then Leonora Biddulph (who might have made a good match, but by the time he realized it, he lost her to Cousin Richard Onedin, something likeContinue reading “Onedin Line Timeless Themes”
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What Was “the Gospel” Jesus Preached?
by Susan Ternyey, March 2025 “. . . Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God, And saying, The time is fulfilled and the kingdom of God is at hand: repent ye, and believe the gospel.”Mark 1:14-15 This is recorded in Matthew and Mark after the Baptism and Temptation of Christ,Continue reading “What Was “the Gospel” Jesus Preached?”
Exodus from an Impossible Situation
by Susan Ternyey, Dec 2024 A few weeks ago I felt myself in an impossible situation. I saw no way for it to be resolved, other than disaster. My thoughts turned to the story of Exodus, when the Children of Israel were faced with the impossible. Moses was born into an underclass inContinue reading “Exodus from an Impossible Situation”
Faith & Science
by ST–May 2024 Enlightenment vs Faith in God The Enlightenment freed us from a superstitious belief in God as the explanation for whatever we don’t comprehend. Science can explain more and more, so we don’t have to fall back on God or the miraculous for an explication of things. Right? We understand the development ofContinue reading “Faith & Science”
On a Gray Day
by ST, 1980s Le ciel est gris;Il fait froid aujourd’hui.Mais mon coeur n’il regarde pasParce qu’il est plein de fois:Il sait qu’un autre jourLe soleil le benira encore.(less poetic translation)The sky is gray;It’s cold today.But my my heart is unconcernedBecause it is full of faith:It knows that another dayThe sun will bless it again.
The Coat of Arms
by Susan Ternyey, 1980s Far humbler than the poet whom I appeal As tutor, in aspiring to convey And ‘scribe in characters of the Ideal Those worthy merits, in this worldly fray, Which we would urge on any that we may– Most ‘specially our children and their own– That seem to us appropriate array ForContinue reading “The Coat of Arms”
Wherefore Didst Thou Doubt?
by ST Amidst the storm I am startled to see My Savior, my Lord, beckoning to me: “Come out of your boat, and walk on the sea.” Amazed, confused, but enthusiastically I climb o’er the rail and touch the sea. My Savior, my Lord, has faith in Me! A step, and two, eyes only forContinue reading “Wherefore Didst Thou Doubt?”
Trembling Faith or Fear
by ST Although I know That Thou art Good and Kind I know Also That I do not know Thy Mind. So when I fear, It’s not my faith that’s undermined, My fear is, then, That my suffering fits Thy Plan Divine.
A Journey and a Struggle
thoughts of Gen 31-32, by ST 1980s Taking a journey to the Promised Land: A fight, a flight, a struggle on every hand. Life’s former employ all left behind, Seeking now gods of a different kind. Though my past come to challenge, Search my integrity–Let God avenge The promise made with subtlety; This Stone witnessContinue reading “A Journey and a Struggle”
He & Me
by ST, 1981 He faces Life as a force unknown– his faith in God: that he’s left on his own– pain and loneliness have taken their toll, made barren the life, embittered the soul. I faced Life as one alone– though friends had been, they’d spent each their day, and then passed on– I askedContinue reading “He & Me”
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