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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
May 10, 2026
May 10, 2026

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Leonard Sumwalt sells eggs and vegetables in 1982 at a farmers market in Richland Center, Wisconsin. His customer is Wava Miller of Richland Center. Beyond them is John Wiedenfeld and then Chloris Balsley.

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The Pilgrims of Emmaus on the Road – Les pèlerins d'Emmaüs en chemin, 1886–1894, is a painting by James Tissot. Jesus appears to two of his disciples on the road to Emmaus. Not able to recognize him, they tell the seeming stranger of Christ’s death and his subsequent mysterious disappearance from his tomb.

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“And then two of them, on that very day, were going to a little town named Emmaus, which was about seven miles from Jerusalem.” – Luke 24:13

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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.