On ongoing conversations with God.

So Martha finally erupted.

And Jesus talked to her.

Not in the way she wanted. Jesus did not tell Mary to get up and help. He simply told Martha that she needed to pay attention, to not get distracted about the WHY of the work.

On the other hand, Jesus didn’t tell Martha to stop working. After all, the whole group needed to eat.

What we don’t know, but perhaps could guess, is that Martha may have had a servant who was helping. What we don’t know, but perhaps could guess, is that a...