Articles By: Matthew Worthington

Matt Worthington, a 2008 Abilene Christian University Graduate from San Antonio, TX, has since uprooted his life to Washington, DC where he teaches Special Education to 8th graders with Emotional Disabilities in the DC Public School System through Teach For America and is currently helping to start an Urban Church Plant in the Columbia Heights and Georgia Petworth Neighborhoods of Washington, DC where he lives and teaches. Matt, a former English Major, is also pursuing his Master's in Education at George Mason University in Fairfax, VA where he will graduate from in May 2011. Immediately thereafter, he will be married to another wonderful ACU Alum, Jessica Reyna (08'), who is currently pursuing her MFT at Seattle Pacific University. You can visit their wedding website at www.themattandjesswedding.com The engagement is totally worth the visit. You can also keep up to date with him at http://www.twitter.com/mrworthington In other parts of his life, he cooks for himself and anyone who will eat his food. Some of his favorite things things include: Spending time with Jess, my family back in Texas, and of course trying to discover the secret of my 9-year old niece's awesomeness. Only if we could all be like Giselle.

Support MacFarland Middle School In Washington, DC

When Waiting For Superman came out in the fall of 2010, I was nervous as much as I was excited. While the movie sparked a long overdue conversation about the cracks and crevices of American K-12 education, I knew it was doing so by highlighting the very school district where I teach, DC Public Schools....

June 7th, 2011 | Columns, Featured, Part of the Solution, Social Justice | Read More

The Bait and Switch of Contemporary Christianity

This is a guest post from my dear friend Dr. Richard Beck. Dr. Beck is the Department Chair of Psychology at Abilene Christian University. His daily musings can be read at Experimental Theology. To start, a story. A few years ago a female student wanted to visit with me about some difficulties she was...

June 10th, 2010 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More

“Spare Some Change?” Reflections On Domestic Poverty

Not long ago here in Washington, DC it was snowing like crazy outside. They called it the “Snowpocalypse”, and everyone had been treating it as such. Grocery stores were cleared out, everything was shut down, people were using skis to get around instead of cars. It was bizarre. Sadly, even...

May 3rd, 2010 | Featured, Social Justice | Read More

The Whys and Hows of Supporting Our Teachers

I threw a little temper tantrum at Office Max about a month ago. Standing in front of the Post-It note display, I eyed the price tag on the oddly sized pads of paper my daughter needed to take to school. Fifteen dollars! The price of the sticky notes was more than her crayons, colored pencils,...

October 12th, 2009 | Featured, Part of the Solution | Read More

Multi-Ethnic Complex

I don’t know if you’re a big fan of NBC’s The Office, but it’s my favorite show. Hands down. I remember a particular scene from the third season’s “The Merger” episode. Michael Scott meets Karen Filippelli for the first time, and upon first glance, Michael says,...

March 2nd, 2009 | Social Justice | Read More