Matthew R Green
Spiritual Formation
that Targets the Heart
Hi,
I’m Matthew
Spiritual Director | Teacher | Neurotheologian
I have a collection of fancy degrees, and those are pretty helpful – and sometimes not – but God’s taught me quite a bit about how people work, through both all that studying and all the twists and turns of my own journey. I started out trying to make a living but quickly realized that it doesn’t do much good without making sense of the abundant life that Jesus talked about.
So now I work with individuals, pastors, and groups who know there’s something more and are working to find it.
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Spiritual Direction
Sometimes, we all need someone to come along side and help us see God and find where the Spirit is working in our lives. I meet with people in person and online to help them discern what Jesus is doing.
Speaking & Teaching
I give talks for churches, ministries, retreats, and groups on spiritual formation and neuroscience. I’d be happy to talk with you about your needs whether it’s deepening your walk with Jesus or understanding the brain. Come see if I’m the right person for your needs.
Healing Before it Hurts
When I first started exploring my own inner world, I discovered that I had buried quite a lot because it hurt too much to deal with. So the next thing I know, I’m opening the door, and the hurt comes out – things I didn’t even know were there. And now I had to face them.
We don’t get through this world without hurting somewhere along the way. Anxiety and depression seem to be on the rise. The loss of friends and loved ones is inevitable. Circumstances change. Cancer and sickness stake their claim. God declared the world good, but pain is still part of it – at least in this life.
The world seems to have a generalized solution for all this suffering: do anything else. Retail therapy, work harder, doomscroll, stream another episode. Yet it doesn’t work in the long run. If we stop, the hurt will catch up again. Sometimes it catches up even if we don’t stop.
So as I learned to work through my own pain, I took notes. And I collected them in a short 5-week course called Hurting Well. It’s my attempt help you prepare for suffering before it happens.
Subscribe to my (mostly) daily prayers and receive a free copy.
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I’d love to hear from you!
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