by Trevor DeVage My dad, calling Monday to check up on me and our weekend, offered a word of encouragement. “The Monday after Easter is a beautiful letdown,” he said, and I knew what he meant. After the emotional…
by Trevor DeVage Almost three decades ago a mission trip with my high school youth group changed my life, but not in a way you might expect. It wasn’t the people we served or the work we accomplished that…
by Trevor DeVage Craig Groeschel’s Winning the War in Your Mind has led me to see thoughts I sometimes have that definitely are not good. See below, and I think you’ll find application not only for pastors like me,…
MOVING FROM BITTER TO BETTER by Trevor DeVage Leaders in any organization, but especially in the church, spend so much time in bitterness management. Life Church pastor Craig Groeschel once said the thing he deals with more than anything…
WHY AND HOW YOUR CHURCH CAN AVOID BEING AN INSTITUTION by Trevor DeVage It’s usually sad when a person is institutionalized. When your aging grandmother becomes too confused to take care of herself, her children institutionalize her. When your…
EMBRACING LONELINESS OVER ISOLATION by Trevor DeVage I don’t know about most of you, but the last year of leadership in ministry has had some very lonely moments. For some it has even been isolating. There were moments where…
WHAT WE NEED MORE THAN ANYTHING IN 2021 by Trevor DeVage Two years ago, I received a Facebook message on Christmas Eve that I’ve been thinking about this week. A member of our church, a young woman who would…
HOW TO BE USED BY GOD By Trevor DeVage One day Jesus drove a demon from a suffering boy after his disciples tried and failed to make that happen. Afterwards they asked him why they couldn’t perform the miracle,…
WHY THE CHURCH MUST CANCEL “CANCEL CULTURE” by Trevor DeVage If you’ve written off someone because of one mistake or dumb remark, you’re participating in what has become a growing problem, “cancel culture.” “There is no single accepted definition…
3 REASONS I’M DONE CRITICIZING THE CHURCH by Trevor DeVage In some circles today it’s cool to criticize the church. Search social media and soon you’ll find someone upset because they say the church has failed them. Some have…