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My first career was an environmental scientist (Jet Propulsion Lab) and for the past 20 years I have been in medical devices in a variety of product marketing and professional education roles in spine/orthopedics.  I have a M.S. degree in environmental science (USC) and studied theology at Multnomah Seminary in Portland, Oregon.  I was a missionary biology teacher, athletic coach and resident director at a Christian international school (Morrison Academy) in Southeast Asia for 3 years.   I finished a full Ironman race in Australia in 2015 and I'm a lousy drummer. I am married to an amazing woman with 2 awesome kids and live and work in San Diego, California.  

I have been undergoing a belief deconstruction out of evangelical Christianity for many years.  I have landed in a variety of transient positions:  agnostic, skeptic, Christian agnostic, Christian humanist, spiritual-but-not-religious, ex-evangelical and Jesus follower... and that's just in any given week!  

I am a cancer survivor (think Lance Armstrong, testicular cancer).  One day in the shower in 2001 while I was examining my surgical wound, I experienced a brief moment of transcendent clarity that changed the entire course of my life.  It suddenly and powerfully dawned on me that Being/Spirit/God/Source is so much more Mysterious (incomprehensible) than I had ever imagined.  It was the greatest gift.  The ability to let go of answers and admit "I don't know" literally set me free.  It made me feel more connected to the human race. No more Us vs. Them or philosophizing about who is right or who is "In" vs. "Out".

As my fundamentalist/evangelical beliefs eroded, my Faith took off on an Adventure of discovery.  I am prone to wander and wonder, pondering deep questions rather than seeking comforting certainty inside the prescribed black & white lines of dogmatic theological answers.