Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: christianity

  • Jesus Found Me ! Did I even know I was lost?

    Jesus Found Me –From just plain old Calvin CookSeptember 15, 2025Though this morning’s devotional is coming from a pastor’s heart, I don’t want the Pastor title to get in the way. This is just one struggling believer and follower of Jesus speaking to another or hopefully to one who is searching in life for more.…

  • IS DOING OKAY ENOUGH? Thoughts while following Jesus from the Edges.

    Doing OK is Not Enough Pastor Calvin Cook September 12, 2025 I realize the anxiety and stress that has been created because of the events of the last couple days. If it is any consolation to you, I’m feeling it as well. With everything that has happened and returning to thoughts of past situations and…

  • A TIME TO DO BETTER – Thoughts from the Edges while following Jesus.

    A Time to Do Better Is Before a Tragedy Happens From the heart of Pastor Calvin Cook –September 11, 2025 Scripture: “The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.” Proverbs 27:12 (NIV) This morning, I have many thoughts. I am thinking about the tragedy of a life…

  • FEAR vs. HOLY BOLDNESS – Thoughts From the Edges while Following Jesus.

    Fear vs. Holy BoldnessPastor Calvin CookSeptember 9, 2025 Scripture: “For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.” — 2 Timothy 1:7 I recently found myself in a situation – where I wanted to be bold, speak up, and out in the midst…

  • Stepping Back to Move Forward —

    Stepping Back to Move ForwardFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 8, 2025 Isaiah 43:8-10 “Remember this, keep it in mind, take it to heart, you rebels. 9 Remember the former things, those of long ago; I am God, and there is no other; I am God, and there is none like me.10 I make…

  • Identity – Claiming it in what? Jesus or the World?

    Claiming IdentityPastor Calvin CookSeptember 5, 2025Scripture: 2 Corinthians 5:17 “Therefore if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come. The old has gone the new is here!” I’m teetering in my thoughts this morning between dealing with discouragement as well as thoughts about what or who we are claiming our identity in. What is…

  • Ashes to Beauty – What Jesus Can Do –

    What Jesus Can Do – Ashes to BeautyFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 3, 2025 Life is brutal and hard and often leaves us standing in despair. It seems that many times the hope we once had that brought us joy is completely gone and all that remains is the ashes of disappointment, grief,…

  • Ashes To Beauty – What Jesus Can Do –

    What Jesus Can Do – Ashes to BeautyFrom the heart of Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 3, 2025 Life is brutal and hard and often leaves us standing in despair. It seems that many times the hope we once had that brought us joy is completely gone and all that remains is the ashes of disappointment, grief,…

  • Did God Bring Me to This Place? Are we in the place we need to be with God?

    Did God Bring Me to This Place?Pastor Calvin CookSeptember 1, 2025 Scripture Focus – Genesis 45:7–8 But God sent me ahead of you to preserve for you a remnant on earth and to save your lives by a great deliverance. 8 “So then, it was not you who sent me here, but God. He made…

  • What Is New Today? A Saturday Morning Devotional to Pause Us.

    New Every Morning –A Saturday morning Thought from Pastor CalvinAugust 30, 2025Scripture Focus: “The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.” — Lamentations 3:22–23 (ESV) This past week while on the road in the early morning for various reasons,…