This blog was inspired by a visit with Sr. Theresa Lowe-Chin by Anna Perkins and Donald Chambers. It captures this “woman of mercy” and insights from our conversation.
Wisdom is Sophia. Wisdom is creation’s lifeblood.
Wisdom gives birth to children.
Wisdom gives birth to Terry.
Wisdom is personified,
In an intellectual, a mentor, a colleague, a friend,
A Jamaican Woman,
A Caribbean Woman,
A hybrid woman formed by the mosaic of interlocking cultures.
Wisdom is razor-sharp intellect.
Wisdom sacrifices self and intellect,
To conceive and give birth,
Birth to theological children.
Wisdom is mercy in action.
Mercy enters the chaos of students.
Mercy is preached.
Mercy is lived in a hybrid context.
Wisdom says, “Yes!”
Yes, to Mercy discipleship,
Yes, to forming Mercy disciples,
Yes, to a life of mercy.
Wisdom is relationship.
Welcoming different persons and perspectives,
Allowing perspectives to shape,
Shape friendship and intellects.
Wisdom is gracefully growing old.
Embracing old-age vulnerability.
Wisdom sits in wheelchair confinement,
Obediently listening to instructions.
Wisdom is like a gifted poinsettia.
Planted in the muck, mess, and frailty of her body.
But its beauty lies not in the dying body.
But in the heart – a hospitable heart.
Wisdom is graciousness,
Graciously saying thanks.
Thanks, Anna and Don, for the visit,
“You must come again!”
Wisdom is awareness of beauty,
Beauty in persons,
Beauty in the environment,
Beauty in the prison of ageing.
Wisdom is deep awareness,
Awareness of history,
The history of Mercy.
Mercy in a community of mercy.
Wisdom walks with us.
Wisdom talks with us.
Wisdom knows God’s presence in us.
Wisdom surrenders her spirit
to her Merciful God.
Beloved Reflections 