Pastor Matt Moberg is at a park with his youngest son, Graham, who they nicknamed Juice. His bear onesie was one of graham’s favorite outfits as well as getting shoulder rides from his father is one of his favorite things to do. “He loves music,” Moberg said | Submitted photo

From atheist to figuring it out

Atheism, agnosticism and Christianity. Pastor Matt Moberg has figured out that he will never figure it out.

By KadrianChambers | Communications

A s the co-Pastor of The Table Church and Chaplain for The Minnesota Timberwolves, Pastor Matt Moberg’s life has been an ADHD driven roller coaster. From his childhood all the way to a wife and three little boys, he has journeyed through Atheism, Agnosticism, and Christianity. Being the second child in his family, he always fulfilled his birth order description as being the skeptical troublemaker.

With that being said, Pastor Moberg was the black sheep in his Christian family and often felt lonely. He constantly found himself disagreeing with them. So much so, that the Packers became his favorite football team simply because his family hated them. Nothing in Matt’s life hinted at him ever becoming a pastor.

“When I got to Bethel, I wasn’t a Christian. In fact, I kind of felt like the whole thing was a hocus pocus”

Matt’s mother grew up in a Pastor’s home, under the rule of a physically abusive father. With such a role model for a grandfather and a pastor, Moberg’s idea of pastors was plagued. But this all began to turn around after he came to Bethel University.

Pastor Matt is at an event for The Table Minneapolis, the church at which pastor Matt co-leads alongside his partner, Debbie Manning. This photo captures Matt dancing with his mother, Tami Moberg.

“When I got to Bethel, I wasn’t a Christian. In fact, I kind of felt like the whole thing was a hocus pocus” Pastor Moberg states.

“I would wake up in the middle of the night, and think about my friend who would wake up and read his devotional.”

Pastor Moberg longed for some direction in his life, something bigger than just his emotions. And on one Christmas day, instead of receiving a check from his grandfather, which he always did, he got a book titled My Utmost for His Highest by Oswald Chambers.

“Don’t worry, the check’s in the back” his grandfather reassured him.

Oswald Chambers sparked the dormant fire within Pastor Moberg, becoming his substitute for a devotional. “I wasn’t reading it as a Christian,” Pastor Moberg says. “I was reading it as a human”.