Mary and Martha
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Mary and Martha (Proper 11C)
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1 min read
The story of Mary and Martha (Luke 10:38-42) is recognizable and feels simple because it provokes something in us so easily.
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Martha is distracted
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3 min read
The Mary and Martha story in Luke is so familiar. We make typologies of the characters. And often avoid its significance.
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Myself — taking all of it on is not the point
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1 min read
The desire to take on everything and do it myself is so strong. But what if that is the heart of what is wrong?
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Jesus, Mary, and Martha
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5 min read
This story sticks with me. It always has. There’s something about it which tickles and fascinates. What is Jesus getting at with Mary? What is she doing which causes her to be doing the “right” thing? What is Martha getting wrong? Proper 11C | Luke 10:38-42 Several years ago, a friend who was an engineer…
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New Life
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8 min read
Here Jesus comes and that woman, Mary, who I imagined hitting Jesus’s chest in anger and mourning, whose brother has been brought back from the dead, this Mary, takes a pound of ointment, which is brought in a giant vessel and she is going to wash Jesus’s feet and prepare him for his burial. Mary…
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The Saints Unbound
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7 min read
But I wonder, if we listen close, if we don’t hear words, we’ll hear weeping. Weeping for the loved one lost? Weeping for GOD’s own? Weeping for our pain and suffering and confusion? Weeping because we haven’t listened. Mary, Martha, Lazarus and the Light of the World All Saints’ Day B | John 11:32-44 Sisters…