meet matt
RIP Mack Lines. You were a faithful pseudonym, but now it’s time to come clean—my real name is Matt Klein,
Matt lives with his wife, Carrie, dog, Charlie and serial-killer cat, Leo on a small farm in Armada, Michigan. Matt’s kids, Noah and Grace grew up, as kids do, and abandoned him to cohabitate with excellent spouses—Michelle and Stephen.
While Empathy for the Almighty is Matt’s newest book, he started writing it long before the raucous, faith-friendly works of fiction currently in the card catalog (if that’s still a thing)—Genevieve the Fix and Feral Darell and the Legend of Curb Ball.
When Matt isn’t authoring, he’s a writer and strategist, serving the good people at many of the world’s most storied automakers. In his previous life, Matt served metro Detroit churches as a Youth Pastor, Church Planter, and Pastor.
Not sure how to ease into the subject, I just blurted it out—“I’m pretty sure God’s preparing me to die.”
Known more as one who downplays my injuries than a hypochondriac, my wife waited patiently for the next logical reason behind my statement—the punchline to another bad dad joke. But it wasn’t a joke.
This began Matt’s eight-year journey to solve the puzzle hidden at the center of his problem. How can you be a Christian of 32 years, serve as a pastor and church planter, and not love God—or long to be with Him?
She never wanted the fame. The truth is it almost wrecked her. Worse … that’s how her most obsessed fan found her. If it were just a star-struck kid, she could’ve just called the cops and made the problem go away. But it wasn’t. Infinitely more powerful than any regular person, this obsessed fan would rather destroy her—and anything else than gets in its way—than let her go.
Things rarely go normal for Darell. For instance, the first time he prayed, a kid answered back. Weird, right? That’s when this blender ride of fun, high-stakes thrills, gritty friendship, honest faith, and fat lips began. His friends call him “Dare.” Adults have a different name for him—”Feral Darell.” Don’t worry. He isn’t a bad kid, just a little wild—okay, a LOT wild. There are no height restrictions for this roller coaster ride. It’s just as fun for younger readers as for Gen Xers hungry for a nostalgic time hop back to the 1970’s.
BOOKS
Fix Yur need for read
Check out Mack Lines’ latest feats of fiction in bite-size text, audio and video bites.
BUILDS
RUST BUCKET REDEMPTION
Check my latest builds, or search the archives for all the beauty and twice the ugly.
BARNS
Redemption Farms
Follow our journey to restore a turn of the century farmhouse, two barns and 12 acres
I believe the same about bikes as I do about people — neither are ever beyond redemption. When I’m not riding a desk, or wrenching on bikes, I write books. Yeah, I know it’s a weird mix, but you’ll get over it.
Contact Matt: If you want to fight about it, or send me a note about something else, address it to info@macklines.com. And, I love speaking to groups live or virtually and chatting on podcasts. So, let’s do that. 🙂