“St. Paul knows that we live before an unknown future, and he’s casting around for what he can trust, who he can trust to give him directions. ‘Who can save me from this dead body?’ he asks. You could say that Romans 7 is about a man struggling with the future as he finds himself doing what he doesn’t what to do. He longs for a reconciliation in himself that is half glimpsed, half heard.“ Garrett preaches on an uncertain future on the Fifth Sunday after Pentecost.

Lectionary Readings:
Genesis 24:34-38, 42-49, 58-67
Song of Solomon 2:8-13
Romans 7:15-25a
Matthew 11:16-19, 25-30