Curriculum vitae
Competencies
Christian phenomenology (Michel Henry), existential theology, biblical studies
Interests
Relation between divine passivity and phenomenological affectivity/effort, transcendental philosophy, technology
Education
PhD – Existential theology, 2026 – University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
Under the supervision of Conor Cunningham, my PhD was on the phenomenology of Michel Henry. My dissertation resolves Henry’s monism. Henry does not achieve a rigorous phenomenology of exteriority because of an overcommitment to the Life of God as a unity. Through my research phenomenologically recognizing God as a paradox of both unity and difference, what is exteriorly given in Henryan life gains reality. All relation operates via Biranian movement, and the world is made real.
Masters of Divinity – Biblical studies, 2008 – Africa International University, Nairobi, Kenya
Divinity degree with focus on biblical languages, anthropological fieldwork with the Masai
Publications
Book resolving Michel Henry’s monism (in progress)
The Crush of Life’s Passion: Interiority in Michel Henry as Potential for the Experience of God – Religions MDPI https://doi.org/10.3390/rel15121418
Resolves the debate around if Absolute Life can be experienced firsthand, done through clarifying both a dualism and a duality in Michel Henry. Henry’s term of the Holy Spirit is Absolute Life when given in experience.
Presentations
The Manifestation of Essence: Resolving the World of Michel Henry
Fordham University – Jun 18, 2025 – Phenomenology, Religious Experience, and Spiritual Practices
The Crush of Life’s Passion: Interiority in Michel Henry as Potential for the Experience of God
Duquesne University – Oct 30, 2024 – SoPheRE
Michel Henry and Phenomenological Divine Simplicity
University of Nottingham – Nov 4, 2023 – Centre of Theology and Philosophy
Janicaud’s Critique of the Theological Turn and the Affective Givenness of Michel Henry
University of Nottingham – May 27, 2023 – Centre of Theology and Philosophy
Work experience
Holy Ground 2024 – (ongoing) | Holland, Michigan, HolyGround.com
Founded Holy Ground as a way to connect scholars to popular theology
LendingMemo 2013 – 2016 | Seattle, Washington, LendingMemo.com
Peer-to-peer lending educational site
Roots Church 2009 – 2013 | Seattle, Washington
Church planter in urban Seattle as a minister in the CRCNA
Various aid work 2005 – 2008 | Kenya and Sudan, UpfromtheStump.com
Affiliations
CoTP – Centre of Theology and Philosophy – Link
INPR – International Network in Philosophy of Religion – Network-INPR.org
AAR – American Academy of Religion – AARweb.org
SPEP – Society of Phenomenology and Existential Philosophy – SPEP.org
APA (Eastern Division) – American Philosophical Association – APAOnline.org