Read Luke 10:38-42 with your family.

When Jesus asked his believers to follow him and go out into the world to make believers of others, he was not talking only to men or only to the named twelve apostles. Jesus asked women to spread his message as well.

Two of those women were Martha and Mary. Martha had a house church and stayed home. Mary was a travelling teacher.

Unfortunately, too many people decided the argument between Mary and Martha was about working in the kitchen and taking care of the housecleaning, because they did not accept that women were called by Jesus too.

But women were called too.

Jesus told Martha she was getting upset about things that did not matter like making sure all the chairs were out for when people gathered. But Jesus reminded her that all that mattered was learning and praying and taking care of people and being together in community.