The book's subtitle summarizes its content well: Finding Intimacy with God in the Busyness of Life. Its goal is to help women achieve a balance between interior life and service to others.

In our time, many Christian women feel anxious and stressed because they cannot manage to accomplish everything they desire both at home and outside, especially when they also have a professional job. This concern often leads, unintentionally, to putting their encounters with God on the back burner. Using the example of Mary and Martha, the book offers practical advice for cultivating an interior life of closeness and union with God, which becomes the driving force behind all other activities toward one’s neighbor. When “the better part” is chosen, one experiences a joyful life of communion with Jesus and of service to others, starting with one's own family.

It is a novel approach to the story of the family of Bethany as found in the Bible. The style is simple, clear, and geared toward personal reflection. It emphasizes the need to have a set schedule for each meeting with God: prayer and reading of Sacred Scripture. The author is evangelical and freely draws from biblical passages, which she recommends with enthusiasm. At the end, she provides suggestions for exercises to strengthen one’s relationship with God through His Word. It is a book that has sold over one million copies worldwide.

From the perspective of Catholic doctrine, this insightful approach could be enriched by the practice of the sacraments—especially Confession and the Eucharist—which are not known to our separated brothers and sisters.