On the wall behind the Readers' desk in our branch Church of Christ, Scientist, these words from the Bible are painted: "With all thy getting get understanding.
Library and bookstore shelves are loaded with self-help books— how to deal with tension, how to understand and like ourselves, how to cope with the successive changes of adult life, and many others.
Martha work and Mary work—the phrase sometimes comes up during church membership meetings when the activities of the church are reviewed along with the personnel and budgetary needs of the various committees.
