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Kelly Needham is married to singer/songwriter and speaker Jimmy Needham. Kelly is the author of Friendish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion and her writing has been featured at Revive Our Hearts, Desiring God, The Gospel Coalition, The Ethics and Religious Liberties Commission, Eternal Perspectives Ministries, and Crosswalk. She has been on staff at two different churches, serving in youth, college, and women's ministry and currently teaches the Bible at her home church and co-leads a Women’s Teaching Program, training women to accurately handle the word of truth. Whether writing or speaking, Kelly’s aim is to convince as many people as possible that nothing compares to knowing Jesus. She and Jimmy live in the Dallas are ...more

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Average rating: 4.24 · 2,994 ratings · 544 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	Friend-ish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion 4.22 avg rating — 1,967 ratings — published 2019 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautifully Distinct by Trillia J. Newbell (Goodreads Author), Natasha Sistrunk Robinson (Contributor), Lilly Park (Contributor) 4.04 avg rating — 399 ratings — published 2020 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Faithful by Amanda Bible Williams, Ann Voskamp, Ginny Owens 4.43 avg rating — 331 ratings — published 2021 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Purposefooled: Why Chasing Your Dreams, Finding Your Calling, and Reaching for Greatness Will Never Be Enough 4.38 avg rating — 289 ratings — published 2023 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The 30-Day Husband Encouragement Challenge by Leslie Bennett (Goodreads Author), Erin Davis (Goodreads Author), Sheila Dougal 4.32 avg rating — 38 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Friendish Going Deeper Guide: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion 3.83 avg rating — 6 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beautifully Distinct: Conversations with Friends on Faith, Life, and Culture by Trillia J. Newbell (Goodreads Author), Kelly Needham (Goodreads Author), Carla Mercer-Meyer (Goodreads Author) (Narrator) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	See for Yourself - Bible Study Book with Video Access: How to Study Your Bible with Confidence and Joy 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Jesus is Worthy of Waste

Jesus is worthy of waste.

This is the idea I’ve been chewing on lately. What a subversive idea in a world that’s obsessed with numbers, analytics, growth, results, and efficiency. Jesus is worthy of waste.

Do you remember the scene in John 12 where Mary pours a year's worth of wages on Jesus’s feet?

“Mary therefore took a pound of expensive ointment made from pure nard, and anointed the feet of

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Theo of Golden

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Made to Tremble: How Anxiety Became the Best Thing That Ever Happened to My Faith

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Money, Possessions, and Eternity: A Comprehensive Guide to What the Bible Says about Financial Stewardship, Generosity, Materialism, Retirement, Financial Planning, Gambling, Debt, and More

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“Our friends do not answer to us; they answer to God. He is their king, their Lord, their first loyalty.”
― Kelly Needham, Friend-ish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion

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“Another reason for our resistance [to the idea of idolatrous friendships] is that these friendships, at least in the beginning, feel like winning the friendship jackpot. Like you've finally found the person who gets you, who is there for you, and who makes you feel at home. When our idol has not yet failed us, when the water has not yet drained out of the broken cistern, when the storm has not yet come to destroy our house built on sand, we perceive our friendship to be the best thing ever. But just because a friendship that replaces Jesus "feels right" does not make it right.”
― Kelly Needham, Friend-ish: Reclaiming Real Friendship in a Culture of Confusion

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“But when Jesus is our stability—our consistent friend and refuge—we are freed to truly love others and love them sacrificially”
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