RECENT/highlighted presentations
President's Colloquy - Spalding University
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
President's Colloquy - Spalding University
Truth and Reconciliation: Exploring Servant Leadership within Divided Nations
Paper - College English Association
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
President's Colloquy - Spalding University
Art as the voice of authentic human resistance in an era of algorithms: Revisiting Thomas Merton's Message to Poets and Answers on Art and Freedom
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
Life in the body of Christ: Models of the Church
Virtual Workshop - St. Meinrad School of Theology
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
Workshop - Archdiocese of Louisville Deacon Formation
Emerging with Grace: Exploring a Post-Pandemic Pastoral Ministry and Spirituality of Hope
Courses Taught
Graduate Courses
Doctoral
o Academic Writing & Leadership Theory
o Identifying and Analyzing Organizational Issues
o (Co-taught) Leadership Seminar: Ed.D. Capstone 1
o (Co-taught) Leadership Seminar: Ed.D. Capstone 2
o (Co-taught) Research Methodology and Problem Solving
o (Guest Lecture) Qualitative Methodologies
Graduate
o Adolescent Spirituality
o Becoming a Religious Educator
o Evangelization and Catechesis
o Introduction to Youth Ministry
o (Guest Lecture) A.I., Education, and Philosophy
o (Guest Lecture) Philosophy of Education
o (Guest Lecture) Storytelling and Learner Diversity
Undergraduate Courses
o Christian Marriage & Family
o The Church
o Faith & Justice
o Introduction to the Catholic Liturgy
o Introduction to the New Testament
o Introduction to the Old Testament
o Ultimate Questions
o (Guest Lecture) Storytelling through Original Musical Composition
Secondary Courses
o Christian Scriptures
o Christology
o The Church
o Hebrew Scriptures
o Philosophy
o Sacraments
o Statistics
Contributions to Engaging Faith, Ave MariA Press blog, 2019
Comparing Parable Themes with Music Videos
Church History: Comparing and Contrasting Alternate Beliefs
Church History: Comparing and Contrasting Alternate Beliefs
An essential component for authentic catechesis is to include real-life, pertinent, and culturally relevant examples within the theology course activities (Catechesi Tradendae, 1979; Instrumentum Laboris, 2012; Evangelii Gaudium, 2013). Jesus exemplified this by teaching through parables to relate to his audience...
Church History: Comparing and Contrasting Alternate Beliefs
Church History: Comparing and Contrasting Alternate Beliefs
Church History: Comparing and Contrasting Alternate Beliefs
Helping students engage and remember Church history can be very overwhelming and is often abstract. The following cards offer a quick template that can assist students to quickly label, compare, and contrast specific factors of heresies, schisms, and various creeds that differ from the tenets of Roman Catholicism...
Modeling Thomas Merton as a Response to Racism
Church History: Comparing and Contrasting Alternate Beliefs
Researching Catholic Non-Violent Resisters of the 20th Century
Racism is a deeply embedded and terrible part of the American consciousness. Since its inception the Americas have been plagued by the commodity of objectifying other human beings, buying and selling them for a price. It is essential to reclaim and acknowledge the dignity of the human person in the midst of aggression and violence that continue today.
Researching Catholic Non-Violent Resisters of the 20th Century
Researching Catholic Non-Violent Resisters of the 20th Century
Researching Catholic Non-Violent Resisters of the 20th Century
During his 2015 address to Congress, Pope Francis spoke of four great Americans that stood as witnesses of the dignity of the human person and advocated for social justice for all: Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King, Jr., Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton...
Using Icons to Approach Theological Concepts
Researching Catholic Non-Violent Resisters of the 20th Century
Using Icons to Approach Theological Concepts
Although icons are often associated with the Eastern Church, the rich history and spirituality of these sacred images can help students better understand abstract theological concepts. It should not be forgotten that art helps develop cognitive and analytical skills in student development (Eisner, The Arts and the Creation of Mind, 2002)...