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UNLESS –
UNLESS Pastor Calvin Cook January 7, 2026 “Unless the Lord builds the house, the builders labor in vain.” — Psalm 127:1 (NIV) This morning, I was praying through scripture. Today’s focus during this prayer time was on Psalms 3 and 5. It seemed that each verse took me to a different place of prayer. I…
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I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking For – Thoughts From the Edges while Following Jesus.
I STILL HAVEN’T FOUND WHAT I’M LOOKING FOR – Pastor Calvin Cook January 6, 2026 “He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the human heart…” Ecclesiastes 3:11 (NIV) Something happened this morning ! The last several weeks amid Advent, Christmas, New Years and now Epiphany I have been…
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What Will We Carry? Thoughts on the Gifts we present to Jesus.
What Will We Carry? A Devotional Reflection on the Wise Men Pastor Calvin Cook January 2, 2025 Each year at this same time we return to the story of the Wise Men. Travelers from afar who followed a star, carrying gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh were not random offerings. They were intentional, costly, and…
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Expectant for the Move of God – Happy 2026 New Year.
Expectant for the Move of God — A New Year Devotional As we step into a new year, my heart is filled with a sense of expectancy. Not a distant hope, not a wish whispered into the wind—but a confident belief that God is moving, here, now, and in the days ahead. I don’t want…
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Finding What Wasn’t Lost – Following Jesus From the Edges
Finding What Wasn’t Lost – Pastor Calvin Cook December 31, 2025 But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid. I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. Today in the town of David a Savior has been born to you; he is Christ the Lord. This…
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A Light Breaks into the Darkness –
A Light Breaks Into the Darkness Pastor Calvin Cook December 30, 2025 Isaiah 60:1 — “Arise, shine, for your light has come, and the glory of the Lord rises upon you.” I am reflecting on our Advent and Christmas season this year, with new truths learned and hope, joy, and peace experienced through the presence…
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WHAT CHRISTMAS CHANGED – Following Jesus as a expectant Shepherd from the Edges.
What CHRISTMAS CHANGED – Pastor Calvin Cook – December 26, 2025 Taking some time to realize, pray about and receive what the birth of Jesus changed. All through the Advent and into the Christmas season, there has become a realization for me what has to change. Not just in our own lives, but in the…
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Returning to …….
Returning to Bethlehem Pastor Calvin Cook December 24, 2025 Scripture reference – Luke 2:3–7 (NLT) “All returned to their own ancestral towns to register for this census…” Joseph had a reason to return to his ancestral home, it wasn’t because he wanted to, he had to. The Gospel of Luke tells us that because Joseph…
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What Jesus Brought US
Here Is What the Birth of Jesus Brought Us From the heart of Pastor Calvin Cook December 23, 2025 I have been writing and thinking on this morning’s devotionals. Writing its words in the recesses and for fronts of my very being. It has been almost like a daily exercise of knowing, realizing, accepting and…
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PAUSED BY GOD –
Paused Pastor Calvin Cook December 21, 2025 Scripture – Be still and know that I am God – Psalm 46:10 I have been sharing that this year’s Advent season is different. This year because I have tried to focus on the deeper meaning of Advent, there has been something different. Something about the pace, the…
Thoughts from the Edges 