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.

God Notices Faithfulness

Be encouraged. God Notices Faithfulness: you are as essential in the body of Christ as anyone else.

How Will You Respond to Trials?

Trials give us the chance to show how we respond to trials with faith.

Family Devotions: A Spiritual Rhythm That Includes Everyone

Family devotions aren’t a home run every morning; they’re a patient, intentional rhythm that you pray will shape your family.

In a Dry Land Farming

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

When You Want to Ask ‘Why?’ Questions

This is often where the asking why questions lead 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 Spiritual 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.