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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
Mar 29, 2026
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Albrecht Altdorfer painted Crucifixion about 1514 to 1516.

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Steven Charleston is an elder of the Choctaw Nation and the retired Episcopal bishop of Alaska. He says, ‘We are not exempt from pain, those of us who call ourselves people of faith. …The invitation to believe is not a ticket out of suffering and sorrow.’

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Christ Crucified is a 1632 painting by Diego Velázquez. It’s the most famous religious painting in Spain. The work is displayed in the Museo del Prado.

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Christ at the Column by the Italian Renaissance artist Antonello da Messina, executed about 1476-1478, shows the Flagellation of Christ. It’s in the Louvre in Paris.

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John Sumwalt For Agri-View

My wife, Jo, took me to the emergency room recently after two nights of excruciating abdominal pain. My condition included the most wretched retching I have ever experienced. As I was walking the floor for hours and hours, I found myself crying out to Jesus for relief.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the son of dairy farmers. He is the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him, or write to W172 N7735, #932, Menomonee Falls, WI 53051.

Hear the Word

The Rev. John Sumwalt will be the guest preacher at the 10 a.m. service March 29 at the Trinity United Methodist Church, W3032 Fern Drive, Montello, Wisconsin. Visit montellotumc.org or call 608-297-2326 for more information.

Sumwalt helped to build a new church building in Montello during the eight years he served as pastor in the 1980s. He will tell stories about the people and events he remembers in Marquette County.