Last Thursday we broke from the usual class routine to participate in the Children at Risk lecture series. Dr. Jude Tiersma Watson shared some of her thoughts on what it means to live incarnationally among the poor. But more than that, she shared the living result of that kind of community – her friend Chris. Chris warmed my heart as he shared how Dr. Tiersma had affected his life, but what was even better to see was Dr. Tiersma reciprocate what she had gained from Chris. Interwoven throughout her lecture was a theme from Mother Theresa, that “we belong to each other.” And it reminded me of just how much i need the poor.
Robert Lupton, in his book, Their’s is the Kingdom, puts it this way on p. 6:
“The community into which Christ invites us is one of interdependence. We are called to mutual sharing and the discovery of gifts Christ has concealed in the unlikeliest among us. And to those who consider themselves leaders, our Lord offers humilty – the salvation of the proud that comes from learning to receive from the least, who are the greatest in the kingdom.”
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