Thoughts from the Edges

Viewing Life from the Edge while centering on Jesus

  • God’s Way – Devotional’s From the Edges asking what next?

    God’s Way Pastor Calvin Cook January 19, 2025 An Introduction to asking is this what God is desiring? Scripture: “For I know the plans I have for you,” declares the Lord, “plans to prosper you and not to harm you, plans to give you hope and a future.” (Jeremiah 29:11) Big deep breath this morning…

  • Really God? This is what You are saying? A Devotional on Carrying Burdens and Figuring It Out.

    REALLY GOD? THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE SAYING? A Devotional on Carrying Burdens and Figuring it Out Pastor Calvin Cook January 16, 2026 I preface this devotional once again with the reason for these devotionals. I write these devotionals to myself and share them to a very wide audience now. Sometimes as I write I…

  • Coming Home – A reflection “From the Edges” on longing, Repentance, and Grace.

    Coming Home A Devotional Reflection on Longing, Repentance, and Grace Pastor Calvin Cook – January 15, 2026 Sorry for my absence for the last couple of days. But it has been a couple of days of reflection while trying to recuperate from this mid-winter sinus infection and praying for clarity of mind. During the last…

  • I Will – I Did –

    I Will. I Did. Pastor Calvin Cook January 12, 2026 A Devotional on Faithfulness, Follow-Through, and Living What We Say In the words of Jesus : “Let your ‘Yes’ be ‘Yes,’ and your ‘No,’ ‘No.’” Matthew 5:37 (NIV) As I begin this morning in my devotional time, I was drawn to my journal and my…

  • AFTER THIS THE SHIELD – Following Jesus From Edges – Devotional

    After this the Shield Pastor Calvin Cook January 9, 2026 Why am I where I am today with my thoughts? I received a question from a reader asking how I focus these thoughts each morning and how most times they are varied. There is a long answer to the question but most recently it has…

  • Stepping Into God’s Story.

    Stepping Into God’s Story A Devotional from David and Goliath Pastor Calvin Cook, January 8, 2026 Scripture: 1 Samuel 17:45–47 (NIV) : “You come against me with sword and spear and javelin, but I come against you in the name of the Lord Almighty… For the battle is the Lord’s.” I love how the Holy…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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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