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Hi, I'm Mikah.
I am a creative person who finds rest in beauty - through books, writing, adventures, food, fabric, yarn, nature...I love that I can identify in this way to our Creator and that He has given us so many ways to contemplate Him in life.
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As the wife of a physician-scientist, mom of four young children, and a deacon, this introvert is learning to respond to God when and where He presents himself in a rather chaotic life. Sometimes I respond well, but most of the time I need more than a few reminders to return to the practices that anchor my days in His sure foundation.
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As of June 2023, I find myself in a major season of change. I just graduated from Friend's University with a master's in Christian Spiritual Formation and Leadership. I knew exactly how I was going to use this degree, but now my family is responding to a new call. We are leaving our church plant outside of Houston where I have served as the associate pastor since 2020 to start an adventure in Arkansas. There my husband will continue his research and I will begin a chaplain residency at the same hospital.
There is so much unknown (like testing the resolve of my stomach and my ability to be present in traumatic situations), but I am also so excited about how the Holy Spirit has stitched together a new way forward for my family to minister to the medical community together.
What you will find here
I am still processing and applying a lot of what I have learned in the past three years through the master's program and through the ordination process. I process best through writing, and having a place to write gives me some accountability. But, more than that, I want to share how a life-long accumulation of head-knowledge made new break throughs into my heart. I have new narratives, practice things that actually produce growth rather than checks on a list, and love for the real Jesus who was, is, and ever will be my brother, rabbi, and king.
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Chaplain experiences will also form my writing in ways I cannot yet anticipate. I have been told that I will learn a lot about myself, especially on the nights when I am on call. I hope to be an advocate and a presence of peace. Ultimately, I pray that people will know Jesus is near as I serve in the hospital.
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Before I was ordained I was a special education teacher, an autism therapist, and then a children's minister. In God's economy, none of the skills I have gained are lost, but he did narrow my call as I journeyed through various jobs. As much as I wanted to impact the children I worked with, I would never be nearly as influential as those with whom they lived. My call turned to families and then to caregivers.
People are more influenced by that habits they see than the words hear. This is why I have moved from family discipleship to just discipleship. We cannot teach what we do not do ourselves. As a parent, I cannot forget this either, because my first mission field is my family. So, I will occasionally write about parenthood and offer materials for families to use whether the participants are very young or all adults.
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It may be a bit broad, but so is the process of discipleship. We were all made to experience God in the ways he created us to know him. Jesus is our advocate and perfect example of love. And the Spirit is a lot more creative and bold than I am. For all of this I am thankful, I am fascinated, and I am still hungry to fill the deepest places of my soul with His light.
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