I am an author, scholar, and speaker living in Denver, CO. 

I teach at the Iliff School of Theology in Denver, where I am Associate Professor of Early Christian Texts and Traditions. My courses focus on the New Testament and its interpretation, and on the history of Christianity.

I am the author of five books. My fifth book, By What Power: The Book of Acts, Autocracy, and the Power of Resistance is out from Chalice Press in October of 2026, and it helps its audience find a way through times of autocracy and authoritarianism with lessons from the Book of Acts. My fourth book, To the Ends of the Earth: The Necropolitics of the Acts of the Apostles, was published by SBL Press in the Semeia Studies series in July of 2026, and is meant for scholars seeking a postcolonial reading of Acts focused on violence, power, and territory. A third book, Paul the Progressive? The Compassionate Christian’s Guide to Reclaiming the Apostle as an Ally, was published by Chalice Press in 2018. My second book, Jewish Glass and Christian Stone: A Materialist Mapping of the 'Parting of the Ways,' was published by Routledge in 2018. An earlier book, Foucault's Heterotopia in Christian Catacombs: Constructing Symbols and Spaces in Ancient Rome, is a revision of my doctoral dissertation. It describes the Christian catacombs of Rome as sites of protest, accommodation, and resistance. 

I am ordained in the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) with ordained ministerial partner standing in the United Church of Christ, and I have about twenty-five years of ministry experience in United Methodist and United Church of Christ congregations. I am currently part-time Senior Minister at First Plymouth Congregational Church in Englewood Colorado. 

I am a frequent teacher, presenter, and preacher at events around the Denver area and around the country.