Matthew draws much of his writing from his family. He is the oldest of three children. He and his wife Martha have been married since 1997 and currently are raising their two cats, Bob and Tilly.
He has also had the opportunity to travel. Born and raised in central Ohio, Matthew and Martha moved to rural North Dakota to attend college where Matthew earned his bachelors degree in thelogy. They have been across the United States and travelled around northern and Mediterranean Europe.
He has held a variety of jobs, from computer programmer to stand-up comdian to youth pastor, but is currently working as a teacher, citing the benefit of being able to use vacations to work on his writing.
Matthew has published several articles in Faithwriters magazine as well as helped with a mobile-phone devotional series.
Download some of Matthew's writing below:
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