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Susan Palo Cherwien
Susan Palo Cherwien is a writer, hymn writer, and musician based in Minnesota.
One love that looks like two
Did you ever make a Möbius strip in grade school or high school? You may have seen one in the woodcuts of M.C. Escher. They are made by taking a strip of paper, say, eight inches long and an inch wide. You hold the two ends, give one a half-twist, then tape the two ends together to form a loop.
May 10, Sixth Sunday of Easter (1 John 5:1-6; John 15:9-17)
An ancient definition of God says that God is an intelligible circle whose center is everywhere and whose circumference is nowhere.
Embraced into the vine
When we were baptized, we were given a new name: Branch.
May 3, Fifth Sunday of Easter: John 15:1-8
The more I read the beginning of John 15, the more I come to believe that it is about the Lord’s Supper.
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