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.

Trust What You Know: A Guide for When You Wonder

In times of pain and confusion, trust what you know can ground us as we seek to understand what God is doing.

3 Reasons to Be Gentle

The Christian is to be a gentle person, but that’s a hard thing, isn’t it? Especially when things aren’t going your way and the temptation is to be angry. Hurt. Entitled. Bitter.

Focus on the Journey Instead of the Destination

God is more interested in who you're becoming on the focus on the journey than where you're going.

Checking in With Friends: Praying for Friends

Every relationship has a cost, and you have to subconsciously weigh the value of that relationship against the cost in time, resources, and energy it will take to maintain and grow it, including when praying for friends.

The Impulse of Self-Justification

It's amazing how deeply our impulse of self-justification runs, and it comes out in big and small ways.

Your Strength in Weakness Is an Opportunity

For us Christians? Weakness is something to be rejoiced in. Our physical ailments? Our shifting emotions? Our penchant toward anxiety? These are all opportunities for us to rejoice.

Keep Your Hope Alive With These 3 Scriptures

We don’t need hope if we have what we long for. So our hope is fed by grounding it in reality.

3 Ways to Be Frustration With Your Church

As consumers, we expect a certain degree of service and preferential treatment in exchange for our loyalty. We expect our needs and desires to be catered to. This article addresses frustration with your church and offers perspective on navigating it faithfully.