Curriculum vitae
Competencies
Christian phenomenology (Michel Henry), existential theology, biblical studies, trust, techne
Interests
Relation between divine passivity and phenomenological affectivity/effort, transcendental philosophy, intersubjectivity, technology
Education
PhD – Existential theology, 2026 – University of Nottingham, UK
Under the supervision of Conor Cunningham, my PhD was on the phenomenology of Michel Henry, resolving Henry’s monism. Henry does not achieve a rigorous phenomenology of exteriority because of an overcommitment to the Life of God as a mere unity. Through phenomenologically recognizing God as a paradox of both unity and difference, what is exteriorly given in Henryan life gains new reality. All relation operates via Biranian force, 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 talks with publisher)
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
– Pontifical University of the Holy Cross – June 25, 2026 – CoTP
– Institut Catholique de Paris – Jun 10, 2026 – INPR
– 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 – CoTP
Janicaud’s Critique of the Theological Turn and the Affective Givenness of Michel Henry
University of Nottingham – May 27, 2023 – CoTP
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 – TheologyPhilosophyCentre.co.uk
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