The Gift We Need

On this Epiphany, I remember that my needs have already been met in the Gift that is Jesus. I recall the revelation that He is not just a Messiah but our Messiah. I reorient myself to the plentiful place I now inhabit as a child in the kingdom of God. And I give Him back what He’s due - honor and worship and adoration.

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Kristen Zion Pool
Looking at Death this Week

We spend our lives avoiding death. And yet it is by looking into the face of death that we find life. Let me urge you to sit in the darkness of this week. Cry. Mourn. Get angry. Feel the weight of the world’s injustice. Feel the sting of your own sin. Look at Jesus’ crucified body and let His untimely and cruel death bring about repentance once again.

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Kristen Zion Pool
Stop Striving after Wind

During Lent, I ask myself, “Am I yielding to the Spirit within me to make me more like Jesus? Am I resting in Jesus’ finished work, allowing God to produce in and through me the Christlikeness I so want to embody?”

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Kristen Zion Pool