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Micha Boyett

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March 2014

March 07, 2014

An Interview with Peter Enns

Friends, I'm thrilled to be over at Peter Enns' blog today talking about my book....

January 2014

January 15, 2014

The Finding and the Being Found: Introducing my book

You stare at your baby in your arms, rocking back and forth in the room...

January 14, 2014

On the goodness of words (Or, how I became a writer)

Today I'm guest posting over at my friend (and vlogging partner) Cara's blog for her...

March 2013

March 19, 2013

For Brooksie, on his 2nd birthday (A Thankful Tuesday post, of sorts)

Brooksie, when I got you out of bed on your second birthday, I whispered....

December 2012

December 19, 2012

For Carey. And for her friend, Melynn.

When I get the text from Melynn, it’s 8:30 on Saturday morning and we’ve just...

December 07, 2012

Advent Poetry Series “The Lord is With Thee”

The Lord is With Thee from the Gospel of Luke, Chapter 1 They hail me...

September 2012

September 17, 2012

True all the way through (A Deeper Church post)

I'm very excited to officially announce that I'm joining the ranks at A Deeper Church,...

August 2012

August 23, 2012

Conversations with Ourselves

Today I have the honor of guest posting at Preston Yancey's blog in his series...

August 21, 2012

Sri Lanka, World Vision, and the Question God is Asking Us

A thousand years ago, also known as July 3, I made a decision to travel...

July 2012

July 11, 2012

{This Sacred Everyday} Enuma Okoro

I can't tell you what a Great Big Ol' Deal it is to have Enuma...

May 2012

May 29, 2012

Ann Voskamp, Tim Challies, Beth Moore: Dinner and a Defense of Earnestness

A month ago I sat in an auditorium at the Festival of Faith and Writing...

May 21, 2012

Gospel, Pascal, Heart (and why I believe in Jesus)

“Make [Christianity] attractive, make good men wish it were true, and then show that it...

April 2012

April 12, 2012

Andrea Palpant Dilley: Doubt, Flat Tires and the Goodness of God

I first noticed Andrea Palpant Dilley when she shared her testimony in front of our...

April 10, 2012

Guest Post: The Creaking, Squeaking Altar that Moves

I'm thrilled to interrupt our regularly scheduled Thankful Tuesday to bring you some words from...

April 08, 2012

Easter Sunday

From Girl Meets God: The Last Battle, the final volume of Lewis's Narnia chronicles, pictures...

March 2012

March 15, 2012

Welcomed into the Story

When I stood on the second row at Jamie's church last Sunday and watched her...

January 2012

January 02, 2012

So she makes some resolutions…

...and they are: The pursuit of more silence. Seriously, how unspecific can I be here?...

December 2011

December 22, 2011

Love in This: An Advent Reflection

It was "Ring of Fire" in my head that day as I moved through our...

December 01, 2011

World AIDS Day: Turn it Red

Ten years ago, as a 22 year-old, I returned home from one month in Kenya...

November 2011

November 04, 2011

Being Found

I was 20 when I became Katherinne’s sponsor. I was an idealist college student with...

June 2011

June 03, 2011

You are not your job.

You are not your body. You are not your house. You are not your car....

May 2011

May 20, 2011

A Bigger Story

“When you see your home as a missional outpost, your role as a mother becomes...

November 2010

November 10, 2010

The Great Story

I’ve been thinking about stories lately, mostly because my two-year-old is obsessed with them. I...

November 04, 2010

The Song of Wandering Aengus

If you think I’ve forgotten about our sweet sashay into WB Yeats and his mythical...

September 2010

September 29, 2010

The Magical God

I’ve been thinking about magic lately. A month or so ago I read a post...