Hey, I’m Mattanah! communicator, coach, and seminary student…

Much of what I do is often an attempt to answer questions like:

How do we engage with both the ancient world of the Bible and the complexity of the world we live in today?

What is sacred, and how do we both receive it and generate it?

How might we embody Love, and what will it look like in the world when we do?

These questions took on a new urgency about eight years ago when I traveled to the Holy Land for the first time and began leading student trips for Passages, a nonprofit focused on faith-based leadership and immersive education in Israel.

I eventually joined the team full-time and became their Vice President of Marketing and Communications. I learned a lot by leading during seasons of global disruption—navigating the collapse of the travel industry during the pandemic, managing crisis communications during the Israel-Hamas War, and helping survivors of terrorism share their stories. My team and I scaled the brand and launched marketing initiatives that produced growth for the organization and meaningful social impact when it mattered most.

Since that time, I’ve launched a business, restarted my seminary journey (MDiv in Contextual Biblical Leadership), and joined the team at Christ Church Plano as the Director of Marketing and Communications. 

In all of this, I always come back to being a storyteller. Stories, they are the connective tissue of life together. They both lift us and anchor us at the same time.

I believe good communication doesn’t just inform, it forms. Whether through writing, teaching, leading a team, or simply sharing a meal with new friends, I want my life and work to help people encounter Love and orient their lives around that which is most sacred and lasting…what Jesus called, “the kingdom of the heavens” (Matthew 10:7).

I still ask all those questions, often adding new ones to the list. But I ask a little differently now. I’ve become more settled in the search, more comfortable with a paradox—realizing it’s less about apprehending the answers and more about letting the questions apprehend me. I keep remembering that God doesn’t mind a mystery (Proverbs 25:2).

Anytime you want to explore some of those mysteries together, check out my latest ramblings here, or reach out to me by filling out the contact form below.

Cheers!

Mattanah