
So... Our discussion in Sunday School and Life Group took a very interesting turn. Seems like there was some confusion because of our local culture - many thought it was OK for Martha to bust her you-know-what because that was her way of showing respect. This got around to discussing spiritual gifts - that some are good at discerning the Lord's voice (Mary) while others are good at service (Martha). Pastor's sermon took the more traditional approach to analyzing the passage - that Mary made the better choice of just taking time out to listen to Jesus and that Martha missed out in communion with the Lord because of her "busy-ness" - plus she was getting all huhu, remember? So even after 3 doses of this passage. I'm still torn because I can see the point of this parable. But I can't help but defend poor Martha becasue we know so many good intentioned people (our Mom or favorite Aunty maybe?) who are just like her. Especially around the holidays. *Sigh* as why hard, eh!

Discuss please.