Michael Kelley

Michael Kelley is director of Discipleship at LifeWay Christian Resources and the author of Growing Down: Unlearning the Patterns of Adulthood that Keep Us from Jesus.

In a Dry and Weary Land

You can continue to do the hard work, day after day – and maybe year after year.

When You Want to Ask ‘Why?’

This is often where the “why” leads us – it leads us not to specific answers but to God. And that is a very good thing.

Where Do You Go for Complete and Total Fulfillment?

How did I get here? This certainly isn’t how I imagined my life turning out. In fact, it’s more than that - this isn’t how it ought to be at all!

The Lord Is Our Burden-Bearer

“Cast your cares on the Lord because he cares for you” (1 Peter 5:7).

5 Steps for Living With Discipline

The temptation when you engage in spiritual discipline is to emphasize the will. But it doesn’t have to be that way; in fact, if it is that way, our efforts are doomed to fail because our best efforts will run out of steam.

Take the Initiative, or Wait on God?

Return to the character of the One who promised. And remember that he never fails.

Exercise Your Eyes to See

When we are born again, we are given new sight. In fact, all our spiritual senses are awakened to see, take in, and feel things in a brand new way - a way that is defined by the gospel.

Temptations of Money

The more money we have, the safer we tend to feel.