About Me!
“Important” Stats and Info:
Name: Matthew (Matt) James Jones
eMail: matt [at] mattjonesblog [dot] com
Google Talk: Matt510
Nickname: Mattithyahu - well not really, but I use it online a lot. Matt comes from Hebrew.מַתִּתְיָהוּ or מתתיהו (Mattithyahu) literally meaning “gift of Yah” Yah being the contracted version of יהוה YHVH (Yahweh, Yehovah, Yahveh) translated as the proper name of the God of Israel or LORD.
Mattjones, Jonesy, and Cracker are quite commonly heard directed at me.
Birthday: May 10th, 1979 - if you do your math, that means I am 28.
Location: Depends… Currently I am in Bellingham, WA. “Home” - Seattle, WA (soon to be back here). Parents’ - Longview, WA.
Eduction:
Elementary School: Harbor Heights Elementary, Gig Harbor, WA
Middle School: Goodman Middle School, Gig Harbor, WA
High School: Gig Harbor High School, Gig Harbor, WA. Class of 1998
University: University of Washington, Seattle, WA in the Spring of 2003. Bachelor of Science in both Physics and Astronomy.
Graduate School #1 (for my faith): Regent College (an “International Graduate School of Christian Studies”), Vancouver, BC. I have been working on a Masters in Christian Studies with a theology concentration.
Graduate School #2 (for my career): I will be attending Seattle Pacific University starting this Summer, heading for certification and a Masters in Teaching so I can teach secondary level science.
Where I can be found on the web:
Matt Jones’ Random Acts of Verbiage - My Blog
Matt Jones Photography - My Photo Blog
Letters of Faith Through the Seasons - My daily devotional blog
A Long Obedience in the Same Direction - My family’s devotional blog
Matt’s Wikimapia Blog
Matt Jones @ Vox - Another blog, usually random stuff
YouTube - My uploaded video clips
My Flickr Photostream
MySpace
Facebook
Bio: If you want to read a brief bio, you can check it out.
Just IM me or email me if you would like to know anything!
Welcome to my blog! My name is Matt Jones and I am from Seattle Washington. I grew up about 40 miles south in the little town of Gig Harbor. I grew up in the Presbyterian church and consider myself a pretty devout Christian (I suppose you would have to talk to those around me to see if I actaully walk the walk!). In my undergraduate “career” at the University of Washington I was heavily involved with University Christian Fellowship (a Chi Alpha / Assemblies of God Ministry) and took a variety of leadership roles there. Personal growth because of that group led me to decide to head up to Vancouver Canada and attend Regent College for a masters degree in Christian Studies with a focus in Theology. This might sound like a cop-out, but I am at Regent for “personal growth” and not a professional ministry. But of course the reality and truth of the situation is that every job is a ministry. 
That being said, my “professional” career will center around my two other passions, science and education. My Bachelor’s degree was in both physics and astronomy and I will continue that love for science in the field of education, namely secondary education. There is nothing more rewarding that annoying middle schoolers. 
I enjoy computers (I am a nerd at heart), books, movies, the outdoors, baseball (especially the always [insert witty descriptive here] Seattle Mariners), biking, poker, cards, and just hanging out with friends and family in general. I am quite layed back.
I will sometimes write about politics (as if writing about religion isn’t enough to get people riled up) and I am generally right leaning / conservative. I don’t like talking about it too much because people can take thins very personally and get upset at those who have different views. I will respect your views, I hope you will do the same - having differing beliefs does not suggest that someone is a bad person. I also tend to stand up for my convictions. I don’t like to be wrong, but I am open to change.
December 31st, 1969 at 5:00 pm
December 4th, 2005 at 7:18 am
February 27th, 2006 at 10:58 am
Thank you for your link to SpaceImages.
http://www.mattjonesblog.com/2005/11/18/space-saturday-xii/
(regarding Abell 1689)
Best Wishes,
Ron Weber, Space Images
2934 Abercorn Dr, San Antonio TX 78247
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WebStore: http://www.SpaceImages.com/
EDITOR’S NOTE: I changed the link to the permalink of the specific post.
Thanks for stopping by Ron, good stuff over there at Space Images!
September 29th, 2006 at 12:34 pm
I see you use the Ashkenazi pronunciation of your Hebrew name
I prefer the Sephardic Matisyahu myself. Perhaps I’m anti-lisp, but I hope that’s not the reason! *sheepish*
September 29th, 2006 at 1:07 pm
Indeed. For one, that is the way I have seen it transliterated in the dictonaries I have and secondly, it was how I was taught it… hehe, I think my pronounciation is more pure.
February 10th, 2007 at 5:57 pm
April 2nd, 2007 at 6:57 am
May 31st, 2007 at 7:54 pm
We have the same name !!!!!
March 18th, 2008 at 5:57 am