Stop Trying to Save the World.

A story about the cost of trying to fix everything—and the freedom of learning to stay.

All Things Beautiful: Beauty in the Broken Novel

Micah Bodden was the ultimate "fixer." As a Director of Outreach, he believed that if he stopped moving, the world would stop spinning. He called it leadership. In reality, it was the Hero Trap.

After a public collapse leaves him unmoored, Micah exchanges his office for a paintbrush and an old Wisconsin bungalow. Guided by an unlikely mentor and the steady rhythm of manual work, he begins a profound spiritual unlearning.

He discovers he was never called to be the Savior. He was called to be a Witness.

Perfect for the high-performer who feels soul-tired, the entrepreneur on the edge of burnout, and the believer wondering why the "yoke" feels so heavy.