About Matt Heard

Matt Heard has a passion to move beyond religious and spiritual games and engage with the core of Christ's Gospel message in an authentic, substantive, and practical way.

Matt – a speaker, teacher, writer, pastor, and coach – is the Founder and Principal of THRIVE, a ministry that focuses on engaging men and women to be fully alive to the glory of God in every arena of their life, journey, and culture. To learn more about THRIIVE and sign up for free resources click here.

He has also served as Lead Pastor at Northland Church in Orlando, President of The Gathering USA, and Senior Pastor of Woodmen Valley Chapel in Colorado Springs for twelve years. 

Matt and his wife, Arlene, share their home base between Colorado Springs and Orlando and are the privileged parents of three adult sons and two amazing daughters-in-law.

Whether standing in front of people with a microphone or in a trout stream with a fly rod, whether sitting around a dinner table with friends or serving a need in his city, he loves exploring and experiencing the Life of the Gospel. 

To find our more about why Matt wrote this book, or to contact him (whether it's to share your thoughts about Life with a Capital L, to inquire about him speaking, or even just to let him know you appreciate that he predicted 2016 would be the year that the Cubs would win the World Series ...even though that was the 25th year in a row he'd done so… visit MattHeard.org