Luke 10:38-42 This story of Martha and Mary is a favorite for me. There is so much that resonates, and I know I am not alone. I have heard some of you voice similar appreciation for it. Or maybe something other than appreciation. It wouldn’t be wrong to say that I have a love-hate relationship with it, and maybe you do too. It’s a story that seems to say that what we believed was good is actually bad; what we thought was right is really wrong. That the things we have been taught by our parents are just the opposite of what they should have been teaching us. “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things, but few things are needed—indeed only one. Mary has chosen the better part, which will not be taken away from her.” Dear Martha, you who see the work that needs to be […]
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