“I remember sitting with a woman in the transept of the church an hour or so before the service one Sunday. She was bent over a little and weary, and I could tell that she was out of breath. She was sweating a little bit too. ‘Ma’am, is everything okay?’ She went on to tell me about how her husband had decided, after twenty-seven years, that he’d had enough… ‘I took the long way here this morning to your church, through the park, and here I am. To be honest, I’m just looking for a little peace.’ … I’ll never forget her, and I thought about her this week: out of breath and looking for peace. It feels a little bit like our society right now.” Garrett preaches on the Third Sunday after Pentecost.

Lectionary Readings:
Genesis 21:8-21
Psalm 86:1-10, 16-17
Romans 6:1b-11
Matthew 10:24-39