Matt is a pastor, businessman, theology student, & massive geek.
Church
Lead Pastor, Stonebrook Church
- A thriving, multi-generational congregation that seeks to teach & follow God’s word and glorify Jesus by making disciples.
Business
CEO, Chief Strategist, Mere Agency
- We make websites that impact the world
- Solutions for organizations of all shapes and sizes
- Matt founded Mere in 2011
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Latest posts
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Shepherd-sheep, Teacher-student
As a shepherd of God’s people, my job is to lead people to The Shepherd, Jesus. Because I need Him as much as (maybe more than) everyone. My job in saying “follow me” is not that you would model my good behavior, but my admission that I am in need if Grace, which He freely…
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All things to all people, or a few things to a few?
When I think about it, I have heard (and myself used) the verse “I have become all things to all people, that by any means, I might save some.” (1 Cor 9:22b) as cause to hyper-focus on a demographic in ministry. i.e., becoming a “rock-and-roll” church… But isn’t this “becoming some things to some people”…
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Summer Sabbatical 2016
This Summer I am doing something I haven’t done in 16 years of fairly active ministry (3 years as a college student, 11 years as a bi-vocational “lay minister”, and the last 2.5 as an ordained pastor): taking a Summer off of active ministry duty. Some people call this situation a “Sabbatical”, meaning a rest…
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Interviewed on The Gospel Driven Entrepreneur
I was recently interviewed on The Gospel Driven Entrepreneur Podcast by P.J. Simmons. It was a fun conversation. We talked about: How I got into Web design and why I started Mere Agency Fears I had when starting the business My biggest failures and successes in running the business How the gospel drives what I…
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How To Get Unstuck At Work
I had a conversation today with my coworkers about what to do when you feel like you are stuck in a rut and actually need to get a lot of things done. I realized looking back that my two biggest productivity hacks are prayer with journaling, and naps. Most of the time when I am…
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