“Captain Thin”, a title stemming from a nickname received in high school, is the website of Mathew Adam Block. It is his sincere hope that whatever else you might find thin about him, you would agree that the content of his writing is much more stout.
Mathew is a recent graduate of Luther College at the University of Regina where he received two degrees: a B.A. (Hons) English, Minor Classical Studies, and a B.A. (Hons) Linguistics. His English Honours thesis – “‘SUCH CONCORD AND AGREMENT’: The Book of Homilies (1547) as Instrument for English Unity” – discusses the literary and theological structure of the 16th century English book Certayne Sermons, or Homelies (also known as the Book of Homilies). His Linguistics Honours thesis – “Tense, Aspect, and Mode in the Buffalo River Dialect of Dëne Sųłiné” – is a descriptive analysis of the Canadian minority First Nations language.
Mathew serves as chairperson of the Board of Evangelism at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, a congregation of Lutheran Church – Canada (LCC). During his undergraduate days, he served four years on the executive of the local Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship chapter, two of them as president.
Mathew’s writing experience is varied. He served an internship as Assistant Editor of the magazine The Luther Story in 2010, and spent the two summers previous working in communications as a speech writer for the Government of Saskatchewan. Among his published works are poetry, theology, and academic satire. [To check out some of his published works which are available online, click here.]
In his spare time Mathew reads old books, studies theology, composes hymns and songs, and writes poetry.
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