Faith, without the easy answers
Essays about leaving certainty behind without leaving curiosity behind.
Explore writing ↗Hi, I'm Matthew.
Writer. Storyteller. Pen for hire.
I turn real customer experiences into compelling stories that build trust. I also help writers and creators find their voice, shape their ideas, and tell stories worth sharing.
Choose your adventure.
Different doors. Same writer. No required reading order.
Deconstructing Cleric
Priesthood, faith, deconstruction, and the interesting things that happen after certainty.
Read the essays ↗The Unemployment Diaries
An increasingly unhinged, occasionally illuminating experiment in making a living.
Follow the experiment ↗Waystations
Impossible places, unsettling stories, and the people who find another door.
Enter the fiction ↗The professional stuff
Writing samples, case studies, storytelling, and the evidence that I do, in fact, work.
See the portfolio ↗Previously, on Matthew…
Latest dispatches.
A few doors into what I'm making right now. A live publication feed is on the next iteration's list.
The career experiment
Daily dispatches from a professional reinvention that has taken on a life of its own.
Read the diary ↗There is always another door.
Fiction about impossible places, difficult choices, and people in transit.
Explore the stories ↗Yes, I'm available for hire
Have a story that needs telling?
I work with organizations, founders, creators, and interesting humans on writing, interviews, editorial storytelling, case studies, thought leadership, and projects that don't fit neatly into a category. Healthcare is one specialty, not a boundary.
Tell me about it ↗Good stories don't care what industry you're in.
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For shorter thoughts, longer stories, or an actual conversation.