Matthew R Green
Hi, I’m Matthew
Putting Everything Together
Not long ago, someone asked my wife what I do. It turned into a fifteen minute explanation because I guess I do a little bit of everything. I’ve taught neuroscience for universities, and I’ve tested microchip performance in high radiation environments. My paper sculptures have ended up in multiple art shows, and I’ve done therapy with people facing complex trauma. I stumbled into starting a couple of online shops, and one university hired me to stalk rich people online (not as exciting than it sounds). I somehow survived teaching middle school, and I do most of the cooking at home (last night was potato, asparagus, and prosciutto gratin).
In the midst of all of this, I’ve spent a lot of time thinking and feeling and listening and praying and tying it all together into learning who God is and who I am and what God invites us all into. And I’m happy to share what I’ve learned and listen for what God is inviting you into specifically.
Where it Came From
I’m a pastor’s kid, and I grew up listening to all the Bible stories and getting all the answers right in Sunday School. When depression hit in high school, eventually God pulled me out of it, and I started thinking that maybe this God person was more than a set of rules to obey. Like many teenagers – I started trying to make my faith my own. I wanted to understand this God who, like the Psalms say, pulled me out of the mire.
After finishing my undergraduate degree, I started seminary. And then gave up when it felt distant and disconnected. But I tried again in a spiritual formation focused program, one that married theology and psychology and philosophy into a coherent blend. And that’s where I started to realize that while I was trying to make sense of God, I wasn’t making any sense of myself. I needed to spend more time listening to this person that God was attentive to – me.
As I delved into my own soul, I found that this was where God wanted to meet me and love me. But I still want to make sense of things, so I picked up more and more psychology to figure out all the stuff underneath. And then I started pulling in some neuroscience to add even more structure to it, and along the way, some people started asking if I’d help them make sense of themselves and their relationship with God, too.
Now, I’ll use whatever works to understand and support our relationship with our Creator. It’s grounded in scripture, but I’ll pull in theology, psychology, neuroscience, or whatever helps bring things into focus. (Pop-culture? Quantum mechanics? Sure, that works.) I’m happy to help you listen and understand your connection to God and yourself as well.
The Resume
BS Electrical Engineering,
MA Spiritual Formation,
MA Psychotherapy,
PhD Pastoral Theology / Neurotheology
Trained in spiritual direction,
Talbot, Regis College, & CSDA
Lectured at universities spanning North America
Twenty years of personal therapy
Forgiven and beloved (still learning to believe it)
The Resume
BS Electrical Engineering
MA Spiritual Formation
MA Psychotherapy
PhD Pastoral Theology / Neurotheology
Trained in spiritual direction
Lectured at universities spanning North America
Twenty years of personal therapy
Forgiven and beloved (still learning to believe it)
But that’s enough about me.