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John Sumwalt For Agri-View
Aug 6, 2023
Aug 6, 2023

Jesus painting — A 1433 painting by Daniel Uranc shows Jesus walking on water; the painting is in the Armenian Manuscript.
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John Sumwalt For Agri-View

My wife, Jo, and I are reading Adam Hamilton’s book “Simon Peter: Flawed but Faithful Disciple” as part of a study group at the church we attend. Hamilton is the pastor of the Resurrection United Methodist Church in Leawood, Kansas. He comments on the time Jesus comes to the disciples by walking over the waves in the midst of a fierce storm on the Sea of Galilee.

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John Sumwalt is a retired pastor and the author of “Shining Moments: Visions of the Holy in Ordinary Lives.” Email johnsumwalt@gmail.com or call 414-339-0676 to reach him.