Hi. I’m Micha. It’s pronounced “My-kah.” (Very confusing, I know.) I’m an author, youth pastor, podcaster, Down syndrome advocate, barre-enthusiast, and a lover of proper cappuccinos. I have a masters degree in poetry. My dog is big and white and fluffy. I’m the mom of three boys. 

I believe deeply in rest, but I’m only just learning how to live into that belief. I am against email. I am pro sunshine and TikTok dances. 

I believe in the slow way—a way of noticing the enchantment all around us, the way of releasing our desperate grips on accomplishment and the frantic life. I write a lot about how our culture’s lust for busyness and success points to the ableism braided into every thread of society. I’m pretty sure that the more we embrace stillness and lean into our own imperfections, the more we’ll see every human as whole and beloved.

My new book Blessed Are the Rest of Us is about how my youngest son’s disabilities taught me to recognize my own addiction to accomplishment, and how through acknowledging my limits and longings, I was invited to a new way of living in the world—a way of wholeness, the kind of flourishing life Jesus taught about.

I hope I’m building a little room in the back corner of the internet machine where you’re allowed to take a nap, drink something warm, and stop believing the lies that life is easy or that hope is impossible. Come hang out with me and share your story. We have all the time in the world for long dinners with good wine, a song around a piano, and endless stories. I think a good story can change the whole world.

And I’m happy you’re here. Stay, okay?