Sunday, July 17, 10:15 a.m.
Mary sat at the Lord’s feet and listened to what he was saying. But Martha was distracted by her many tasks; so she came to him and asked, “Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to do all the work by myself? Tell her then to help me.” But the Lord answered her, “Martha, Martha, you are worried and distracted by many things; there is need of only one thing.”
from Luke 10:38-42
Okay, quick question. What’s strange about this story? Go ahead, think about it. Take all the time you need. Got an answer yet? No? That’s because there’s NOTHING strange about it. In a book that includes people being brought back from the dead, conversations with demons, manipulation of the laws of physics, and grisly executions, this is a story about . . . not much. A dispute over who’s doing the dishes. So why has it survived for two thousand years? Join us on Sunday as Pastor Curt preaches the Mary and Martha within each of us, and the calm at the eye of the storm.
