WHAT IF YOU WEREN’T MADE FOR SOMETHING GREAT BUT FOR SOMEONE GREAT?

Many of us are exhausted from dreaming big and chasing the extraordinary lives we long for, but when we try embracing the everyday and find meaning in the mundane, we fear we’re settling for a boring life. Are we missing something?

But there is a truth that changes everything: we weren’t made to do something, but to know Someone. And it’s that Someone who can infuse our lives with infinite purpose and meaning.

In Purposefooled she explains

  • why our hearts long for a sense of purpose, 

  • how to hold the tension between seeking greatness and embracing the ordinary, 

  • what the Bible says about true world-changers, 

  • how modern technology affects our desires—and how to avoid its pitfalls, and 

  • why resting accomplishes more than producing.

Discover how to build a purpose-filled reality without turning your life upside down—so you can embrace the joy today that you always assumed was somewhere down the road.

  • Kelly is a brilliant guide to true purpose. She shows us that we are so much more than what we do. This book provides a path that avoids the prevalent pitfalls of burnout and exhaustion so many of us fall into. She leads us away from monotony and toward the abundant life that only Jesus can offer. You’re going to love this journey!

    Jonathan Pokluda
    (pastor, host of the Becoming Something podcast and bestselling author)

  • “While reading Purposefooled, there were multiple times I called Kelly to say through my tears what an important book this is. I am a recovering ‘doer’ myself and have benefited immeasurably from the words she has prayerfully penned. Read this book, let Jesus give you his light load yet again, and then buy at least ten copies for the people in your life. That’s what I'm doing.”

    Bethany Barnard, former CCM artist “Bethany Dillon,”
    mother of four, married to Shane Barnard (Shane & Shane)

  • “Kelly has written the book I have always wanted to write! She has so clearly put words around THE most empowering truth I have ever known. MY PURPOSE IS A PERSON. And so is yours!”

    Shane Barnard, cofounder of the Barnard women’s ministry of four, the lesser half of Shane & Shane and cocreator of theworshipinitiative.com

  • “As one who has for decades struggled with a search for significance and approval, I am grateful for the precious reminders in Kelly Needham’s Purposefooled that the point of my existence is not in my doing things for God but in my knowing him. If you too wrestle with identity, purpose, and meaning in life, read this book and be comforted in the good news.”

    Jared C. Wilson, assistant professor of Pastoral Ministry and author in Residence at Midwestern Seminary and author of Love Me Anyway and Friendship with the Friend of Sinners

  • Through creative storytelling, Bible teaching, and practical encouragement, Kelly Needham addresses our purpose-obsessed culture with biblical wisdom. As someone who loves to dream big, Purposefooled challenged me to look beyond my dreams to the greater purpose of my life: knowing and following Jesus Christ.

    Gretchen Saffles, bestselling author of The Well-Watered Woman and founder of Well-Watered Women

WE WEREN’T MADE FOR DREAMS BUT FOR THE DIVINE. WE WEREN’T MADE FOR A CALLING BUT FOR CHRIST. WE WEREN’T MADE FOR GREATNESS BUT FOR God. 

-Kelly Needham

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