PhD Candidate reporting on religious rhetoric, evangelical jargon, and strategic communication
Executive Pastor with 25+ years leading worship arts and digital ministries
National entertainer, Dave the Horn Guy, featured on AGT, The Tonight Show, sports entertainment and more
"I once assumed that if people saw my quirks and geekery, I wouldn't measure up. Turns out, living as God made me brings the deepest joy to me and the greatest glory to Him. I would love to hear your story!"
"I once assumed that if people saw my quirks and geekery, I wouldn't measure up. Turns out, living as God made me brings the deepest joy to me and the greatest glory to Him. I would love to hear your story!"
Advancing understanding of religious communication and evangelical discourse
Journal of Media and Religion (Taylor & Francis)
Fall 2025
Examines how Gather25's globally streamed discourse employs standardized lexicon to construct evangelical identity through strategic terministic screens that select missional urgency while deflecting theological complexities.
Integratio Press
Fall 2025
This book explores the enduring tension between the 'outrageous idea' that Christian scholarship should be unapologetically shaped by faith and the sobering 'scandal' of an evangelical mind too often estranged from rigorous intellectual life.
A comprehensive reference work documenting specialized insider language of American Evangelicalism, providing multi-dimensional analysis of over 500 phrases that function as rhetorical filters shaping evangelical worldview and identity.
Click for Christianese
A comprehensive reference work documenting specialized insider language of American Evangelicalism, providing multi-dimensional analysis of over 500 phrases that function as rhetorical filters shaping evangelical worldview and identity.
Click for Christianese
Target Publication: Fall 2026
Collaborative university textbook featuring a dozen communication scholars offering foundational wisdom for graduate students navigating faith and academic life. Serving as co-editor and contributing author.
2025
Introduces algorithmic schema reinforcement model explaining how digital platforms disproportionately associate religious identity terms with hate-labeled content through corpus analysis of 726,000 social media entries.
2025
Analyzes how Cory Asbury's "Reckless Love" became both celebrated hit and sacred schism, revealing how interpretive communities decode the same lyric as either heroic devotion or divine carelessness.
25+ years of pastoral ministry, worship leadership, and spiritual formation
Words matter. I've learned they can heal or harm, build bridges or walls. But on my favorite bench, I speak in a language older than human words. This language has the ability to slip past intellect and speak directly to the soul. Here, I am less a player than a pilgrim, wandering through chords like a sacred grove, each progression turning the soul toward the Light.
Sometimes the air itself feels thinner, as though the distance between heaven and earth is folding in. I think of David easing Saul's spirit, his music stirring unseen warfare—Frank Peretti could write the rest. And though my fingers may fumble on other instruments, I thank God for this one. Eighty-eight keys, grounded in the Source that carries my worship where words cannot.
Evangelical language, Christianese awareness, and effective spiritual communication
Online worship, digital discipleship, and technology in church leadership
Worship arts direction, team building, and innovative ministry approaches
"Dave the Horn Guy" - National entertainer bringing joy through music and comedy
Brand collaborations and company entertainment
Faith-centered entertainment for churches and conferences
Interactive musical education with learning outcomes
Stadium performances and halftime shows
Educational journey spanning communication theory, ministry, and musical composition
Expected Spring 2026
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
Dissertation: Evangelical Jargon as Terministic Screens: A Qualitative Content Analysis Toward a Lexicon of Christianese
Chair: Dr. Sara Brake
2020
Liberty University, Lynchburg, VA
1998
California State University, Sacramento, CA
Active membership in leading academic organizations
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