Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: christianity

  • STAYING WITH JESUS – EVEN WHEN…….Following Jesus From the Edges.

    Staying With Jesus – Pastor Calvin Cook January 28, 2026 These cold mornings are tough to leave the comfort and warmth of bed. As we listen to the back up beepers of snow removal equipment and hear the wind blowing, the furnace turning on and off, we almost hate to think what it will be…

  • Have any storms that need calming? Know someone in a Storm?

    GOD’S WAY – In the Calm of the Storm – Pastor Calvin Cook January 26, 2026 Psalm 107:28-30 Then they cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he delivered them from their distress. 29 He made the storm be still,  and the waves of the sea were hushed. 30 Then they were glad that…

  • The Way of Holiness – Following Jesus From the Edges

    GOD SPEAKING DEVOTIONAL #4 The way of Holiness – Pastor Calvin Cook January 22, 2026 Scripture: Wash and make yourselves clean. Take your evil deeds out of my sight; stop doing wrong.17 Learn to do right; seek justice. Defend the oppressed. Take up the cause of the fatherless; plead the case of the widow. Isaiah…

  • Devotionals on God’s Way – Today – God Desiring Relationship.

    GOD’S WAY DEVOTIONAL – #2 Following Jesus From the Edges GOD’S RELATIONSHIP Pastor Calvin Cook January 20, 2026 Focusing on a series of devotionals and journaling, asking the question “Am I doing, living into what God wants or what I want?” “Am I doing what others expect of me or what God is expecting of…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…