Comments on: Mother’s Day talk on Mary & Martha https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/ Thought-provoking commentary on life, politics, religion and social issues. Wed, 03 Oct 2012 03:25:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-217483 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 03:25:36 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-217483 In reply to annegb.

Oh, I wish I could have seen their faces. ;-)

]]> By: annegb https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-217480 Wed, 03 Oct 2012 00:28:19 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-217480 In reply to Kim Siever.

It’s really funny to be in the congregation and watch the bishopric’s faces at times like that.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-217471 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:49:56 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-217471 In reply to Wendy.

Thanks for your thoughts, Wendy. I agree that these stories only ever receive such superficial attention, which is sad considering how deep and complex they are.

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-217470 Tue, 02 Oct 2012 03:48:46 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-217470 In reply to Sally Haysom.

That would have been nice.

]]> By: Wendy https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-217466 Mon, 01 Oct 2012 19:28:16 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-217466 I never liked the story of Mary and Martha because I always felt like it was used as an excuse to indict and berate women for their choices. I’d get inwardly indignant and defiant and defensive of Martha. And then I read something in a novel (The Lake of Dreams) that shed a whole new light on the story- and now I love it. The book pointed out the immense significance of this moment in which Jesus sits down with Mary and Martha- it is significant because in those times, women were little more than property. They were traded, married off (no consent necessary), enslaved, and valued for what they could do, but not for who they were. And yet, here is the son of God, and he VALUES them. He spends time teaching them, talking with them, SEEING them. He knows their worth. To Him, they are not commodities, they are not lesser, they are not dispensible- they are precious. And that is a beautiful lesson.

]]> By: Sally Haysom https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-216970 Wed, 16 May 2012 03:15:03 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-216970 Very nice talk… gee would have liked them to have asked you to speak it LAST week when we were there to hear you in person :)

]]> By: Kim Siever https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-216963 Tue, 15 May 2012 01:57:43 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-216963 In reply to annegb.

Well, it was free reign as long as I talked about mothers or women. I think there was a moment of regret as I started out though. ;-)

Thanks :)

]]> By: annegb https://www.ourthoughts.ca/2012/05/14/mothers-day-talk-on-mary-martha/comment-page-1/#comment-216962 Mon, 14 May 2012 17:19:53 +0000 http://www.ourthoughts.ca/?p=2710#comment-216962 Nice talk, I’ve always felt defensive for Martha. I can’t believe they gave you free reign. They’d never give that to me.

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