However, i am so glad the particular approach to the text was helpful to you. I really identify with Martha too, and am pleased to find a way of honouring her, and what she represents.

I know that in the sermon, you encouraged us not just to take in the Martha and Mary info – or we’d be short changed. At the same time, having the ‘either – or’ taken away from this story, and replaced with ‘both – and’ was one of the most helpful things I’ve heard in a long time. Most of us are ‘Marthas’, hoping at times to be ‘Marys’, but to see it more as a rhythm working between the two allows us to accept the positives of both.

A lot of what you are speaking about in your ‘part 1′ sections is familiar to those who’ve been on the counselling courses – but it’s also great to hear the key elements turned back round into sermons. We all need reminding to come back to the deeper themes and questions in our lives – and to find God there when we do. Thanks for doing so in a way which encourages us in.