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Joanna says in the first chapter, “Just mention the names Mary and Martha around a group of Christian women and you’ll get knowing looks and nervous giggles. We’ve all felt the struggle. We want to worship like Mary, but the Martha inside keeps bossing us around.” Isn’t that true?
Throughout this book, Joanna takes us on a journey, her journey, our journey, from being in a kitchen surrounded by menus, grocery lists, dishes, and all the junk that seems to accumulate on the counters and the kitchen table, to the living room, sitting calmly at the foot of Jesus, soaking in every word and not feeling guilty about our “to do lists”.
She finally ends this book with a revelation that you can do both, it doesn’t have to be one or the other, so long as we put Jesus first then “both of us” can become one. Surrendering all to Jesus. The struggle doesn’t end, we are after all humans and we constantly fail, but we have Jesus to pick us up, dust us off, and say “Follow me”.
You’ll love this book, just like I did. The writing was excellent and the stories compelling. You’ll want, just like me, to go out and get her other books. ( )

The low rating is 100% my problem. I wanted a factual, referenced, historically-insightful information in at least one of the chapters. But, in this instance, it was mostly a memoir. And my expectations were dashed. So, if you're looking for a memoir, this might be for you. But it wasn't for me. ( )

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本書作者以一種全新的方式，探討大家耳熟能詳的聖經故事。她讓我們知道，每個馬利亞和馬大，應當如何與主更加親近：以更少的壓力、更大的喜樂，更深入地委身、更竭力地事奉。