Matt's goal is deeper intimacy with God, self, others, and creation. His interests are varied- ranging from religion and psychology to food, drink and sports. Matt served as a professor of Christian Spirituality and as a Campus Pastor at Southeastern University of the Assemblies of God for many years before his deconstruction/reconstruction dictated his leaving the denomination and University and relocating to western North Carolina in 2016.

Matt and his wife Nicole both work at and live on the campus of the University of North Carolina School of the Arts in Winston-Salem in the Department of Residential Education.