Liberty Christian School

A Little Bit About Myself:

I have included some information about myself below to help both students and parents gain an idea of who I am.

Education:                                                                                                      

M.A. in Science and Religion from Biola University

B.A. in Anthropology from CSULB.  Go Beach!!!                                                        

Certificate in Wilderness Studies from CSULB.

Certification as a Wilderness EMT from the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS.

I am currently enrolled in the Single Subject Teaching Credential Program at CSULB.

Academic Affiliations:

Evangelical Philosophical Society

BSG: A Creation Biology Study Group

Southern California Paleontological Society

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This is my third year teaching here at Liberty.  With the exception of 2 1/2 years in Clovis, I have lived in So Cal my entire life.  I currently live in Long Beach with my wife Emily who is also a teacher here at LCS (pictured on the left).  Before coming to work at Liberty as a teacher I worked for a couple of years as an archaeologist.  My primary job was the excavation and processing of prehistoric human burials.  The picture on the right was actually taken in Poland where I did some fieldwork in mortuary archaeology as a student.  I worked my way through graduate school as an Emergency Medical Technician where I worked the night shift responding to 911 calls in L.A. County.  

 My interests are grouped into two camps.  The first camp basically includes anything to do with the outdoors so long as that activity doesn't include anything with a motor (for example I enjoy kayaking but I do not enjoy power crafts).  The picture at left was taken of me on 18,500' Mt Orizaba which is a dormant volcano in Mexico where I did a little mountaineering over Christmas Break one year in college.  More recently, my wife and I spent a good portion of this past summer hiking, backpacking, and climbing throughout southwest Utah, Arizona, and the Sierra's.  The picture at the bottom of this page was taken this summer in a canyon that we hiked through in Utah.                        

My other area of interest includes participating in the never ending dialogue going on be-tween science and theology.  One of the most interesting, and most important questions I believe one could ask is, "What role should science play in the interpretation of scripture?"  After 2 1/2 years of studying that question in graduate school I still don't believe that I have found a sufficient answer, but I am working on one.

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Outside resources that may be useful for class:

LiveScience.com

Creation-Evolution Headlines

National Geographic Daily News

"People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof, but on the basis of what they find attractive." ~Blaise Pascal