The Rev. Michael Heath, of Fayetteville, is a licensed mental health counselor and a United Church of Christ minister. Holiday gatherings can be difficult. The biblical story of Mary and Martha (Luke ...

"Now as they went on their way, he entered a village; and a woman named Martha received him into her house. And she had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet and listened to his teaching.

“You are anxious and worried about many things. There is need of only one thing” (Luke 10:41). Hospitality appears at first to be the lesson in both the story of Abraham and his guests (Gen 18:1-10) ...

How often are you gripped by anxiety? How often are you stressed out instead of experiencing contentment that comes from the Lord? You are in good company with a woman in the Bible named Martha. In ...

One of my father's favorite sayings was, "If all else fails, read the instructions." That humorous advice is insightful in its analysis of human behavior, and its subtle underlying message is ...

This Sunday’s Gospel tells us about Jesus and his visit with two very different women. Mary and Martha are sisters, siblings of Lazarus. They lived in Bethany, which we might say today is on the ...