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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
Nov 16, 2025
Nov 16, 2025

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John Sumwalt looks out from his living room at a host of trees in the forest that surrounds his town home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

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John Sumwalt surveys the forest beyond the footbridge near his home.

John Sumwalt/For Agri-View

John Sumwalt walks among the trees near his town home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin. He says, ‘It lifts my soul and their energy is palpable.’

John Sumwalt/For Agri-View

John Sumwalt crosses the footbridge in the woodland near his town home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin.

John Sumwalt/For Agri-View

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John Sumwalt For Agri-View

I have a deep connection with trees, something for which there are no human words. Jo and I are fortunate to live near the edge of a small forest. The trees are only about 20 yards from our balcony. I can sit in the living room of our town home in Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin, and look out through the sliding glass doors at a host of trees – mature maples, basswoods, beeches, oaks, elms and ash. The sight lifts my soul. And when I walk among them, the energy is palpable.

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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.