Matthew Burden grew up in a missionary family and now works as an author, scholar, and pastor. He serves a church in eastern Maine, where he lives with his wife and three children. He is a PhD candidate in theology, doing research at the intersection of church history, missions, and liturgics. His previous books include Who We Were Meant to Be, a study of the patristic view of Christian identity, and Wings over the Wall, an award-winning pilgrimage memoir.