Text: Luke 10:38-42, John 11:17-27, 38-40 Personally, I think Martha gets a bad rap. Perhaps it is the Type A, go-getter in me jumping to her defense, but the world needs Marthas. I love to rest and soak in the moment as much as the next gal, but sometimes we need those folks who get stuff done, am I right? We know Martha as the “doer” in this familiar passage from Luke 10. She opens her home and offers what she has to the Lord. She lets her sister Mary know, via a conversation with Jesus, what she expects of her. It doesn’t seem she’s being completely unreasonable either, at least not from what we see in Scripture. She isn’t walking around bitter and hostile, slamming pots and pans, rolling eyes and sighing loudly—behaving as a victim of her own standards and demanding everyone in earshot do the same. Not that I know anything about that. Ahem. Martha insists on making Jesus’ visit a good one. And when her expectations aren’t being met, she makes it known by taking her co...