Thoughts from the Edges

Tag: christianity

  • 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,…

  • What Matters – Just One Thing ! Thoughts from the Edges while following Jesus.

    The One Thing That MattersPastor Calvin CookAugust 27, 2025 Scripture: Mark 8:36 – “For what does it profit a man to gain the whole world and forfeit his soul?” These are some thoughts from my personal journey of faith. Yesterday, I turned to a wise council for care, an independent a unknowing, listening ear to…

  • RESIDUE – Is Jesus seen in your life? – Keep focused!

    THE RESIDUE – August 8, 2025 From the heart of Pastor Calvin Cook My thoughts are swirling in several ways this morning – the most pressing being the words of Jesus from Matthew 5:14-16 “You are the light of the world…..let your light shine before others, so that they may see your good works and…

  • Sit on my Lap – There is Room for you ! Morning Devotional –

    Devotional Title: “There’s Room for You” August 20, 2025 From the heart of Pastor Calvin Cook In recent devotionals we have been focusing on the time we need and the space we create to make room for God. Last evening I was reminded of the space that God is making for us. Last evening I…

  • Wrapped Around the Rock – Morning thoughts on being Planted and Rooted.

    Wrapped Around the Rock –Prayerfully from the heart of Pastor Calvin CookWritten the morning of August 19, 2025 Last evening I was sitting at Wild Cat Park in Ludlow enjoying a Chicken BBQ in one of the pavilions. As I was facing the trees and woods that surrounds the park – I noticed a large…

  • ALL IN – The Name of Jesus – Following Jesus From the Edges.

    IN THE NAME OF JESUS DEVOTIONALS Beginning a new series of Devotional thoughts this morning. Focusing on and emphasizing our actions and our life in the name of Jesus. I recently have been experiencing some thoughts from others about my priority of ministry. The priority is that all we do is in the “name of…