The Other Side, March 1st, 1999
The sisters from bethany, Mary and Martha, have been in my meditations for some years now. As a girl, I was taught the traditional view of these sisters--that Mary's quiet discipleship at Jesus' feet, as related in the Gospel of Luke (10:38-41), is the preferred behavior for women; Jesus tells busy sister Martha that Mary has "chosen the better part" by sitting and listening to him.
More recently, I have come to see Mary and Martha more as two sides of a coin, rather than as "right" and "wrong" ways of responding to Jesus. As I've studied the various Gospel accounts of these sisters and the...
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