The Slow Way Micha Boyett

Last Wednesday night, I had the opportunity to gather with friends, family, and readers in the beautiful General Theological Seminary Chapel of the Good Shepherd, to talk about my new book, Blessed Are the Rest of Us. I was honored to have my friend, the beloved author Shauna Niequist, with me to chat about the process of writing the book, some of the books major themes, and even what I hope the youth group I help lead (who were also present in the room!) can take from this book. 
So excited to share with you: The Blessed Are The Rest of Us Book Launch conversation, with special guest, Shauna Niequist! 
Just a note, towards the end we took questions from the audience: You won't be able to  hear the Q+A questions from the audience. As best as I remember these are the questions that were asked:
Who are "the rest of us"? How long did it take you to write this book? What does it look like for a church to be fully inclusive? How can we love and welcome Ace and other people with disabilities into our congregation? A few more links!
Find out more about Shauna Niequist's books and other work here. Here's a link to Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole. Find it at Target, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop.org. It's availble at 40% off the price of other booksellers at BakerBookHouse. Just use the code SLOWWAY at checkout. Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.   Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more. Find a transcript of this episode here.  Find Micha's website and sign up for her weekly newsletter here. Find Micha on Instagram.  Find Micha on Threads. 

Today my newest book Blessed Are The Rest of Us comes into the world! Today’s episode is going to be a little different. I’m sharing a bit about how I came to write this book and what the big ideas are underneath the story I tell of loving and raising my son, Ace. 
How did I come to realize that this wasn't just a story about my son, but a story about all of us in Jesus's poem in Matthew 5? How did I begin to recognize that the invitation to explore Ace's vulnerability was actually an invitation to explore and receive my own? 
I hope you'll tune into my thoughts about Blessed Are The Rest of Us, and you'll go purchase it today, wherever books are sold!
Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole releases one week from today!!! Find it at Target, Barnes and Noble, Amazon, and Bookshop.org. It's availble at 40% off the price of other booksellers at BakerBookHouse. Just use the code SLOWWAY at checkout! Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.   Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more. Find a transcript of this episode here.  Find Micha's website and sign up for her weekly newsletter here. Find Micha on Instagram.  Find Micha on Threads.   

As Jeff Chu says, “A robust theology of the compost reminds us that death and the things of death, our sin, our suffering, the ways we hurt each other, the ways we harm ourselves— These things are never the end of God's story.” What a thing: to choose to believe that God can redeem our slow-transforming lives, to believe that the Divine slammed God’s own heart back into a dead body, waking it up, announcing that death and suffering is never the truest narrative.
This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Letter on Substack. Find Jeff Chu's beautiful Evolving Faith talk on the Theology of the Compost here.  Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.   Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more. Find a transcript of this episode here.  Find Micha's website and sign up for her weekly newsletter here. Find Micha on Instagram.  Find Micha on Threads.  Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole releases one week from today!!! You can preorder it and find it waiting in your mailbox on April 9 if you order soon! Get it for one more week at 40% off at BakerBookHouse.com. The first 200 people to preorder from Baker will also receive a signed copy of the book and "The Lucky Few" temporary tattoo. So fun! Jump over there and get your preorder in.

In a moment when his life was fading, when his suffering was at its height, I believe Jesus was responding to our suffering with his own suffering. Acknowledging our grief with his own.
Today I'm sharing an orginal poem by me, along with a practice of sacred listening to a bit of the Good Friday story. 
This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Letter on Substack. Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.   Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more. Find a transcript of this episode here.  Find Micha's website and sign up for her weekly newsletter here. Find Micha on Instagram.  Find Micha on Threads.  Preorder Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole for 40% off at BakerBookHouse.com. The first 200 people to preorder from Baker will also receive a signed copy of the book and "The Lucky Few" temporary tattoo. So fun! Jump over there and get your preorder in.

This Holy Week, we will be reminded that Jesus's answer to the reality of human pain and suffering was to suffer. It ws to gather all of us up and live out the dream of God.
Find  Life Worth Living: A Guide to What Matters Most here.  Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.   Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more. This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Letter on Substack. Find a transcript of this episode here.  Find Micha's website and sign up for her weekly newsletter here. Find Micha on Instagram.  Find Micha on Threads.  Preorder Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole for 40% off at BakerBookHouse.com. The first 200 people to preorder from Baker will also receive a signed copy of the book and "The Lucky Few" temporary tattoo. So fun! Jump over there and get your preorder in.
 

This week, I want to remind us that the movement toward wholeness doesn’t have to be that complicated. Sometimes it’s simply allowing ourselves to recognize that we’re loved. 
 
Find Savannah Guthrie's book Mostly What God Does here.  Here's a link to A Celtic Primer: The Complete Celtic Worship Resource and Collection. Learn more about Micha's other podcast The Lucky Few at their website and instagram.   Micha will be hosting a weekly virtual book club for paid subscribers this spring, following the release of her new book. If you're interested, become a paid subscriber and support her work! Here's a link to learn more. This reflection and practice were also published this week in The Slow Way Letter on Substack. Find a transcript of this episode here.  Find Micha's website and sign up for her weekly newsletter here. Find Micha on Instagram.  Find Micha on Threads.  Preorder Micha's new book Blessed Are The Rest of Us: How Limits and Longing Make Us Whole for 40% off at BakerBookHouse.com. The first 200 people to preorder from Baker will also receive a signed copy of the book and "The Lucky Few" temporary tattoo. So fun! Jump over there and get your preorder in.