BACKGROUND
About Me
Guide, teacher, researcher, writer, photographer, and traveler based in Flagstaff, Arizona.
Most of my work involves going to the places I’m teaching about. At Grand Canyon, that means standing on the rocks and hiking the trails. In Egypt, it means walking through temples and archaeological sites. In museums, it means looking closely at the objects themselves. I learn best that way, and I enjoy bringing other people along for the experience.
That has taken me from more than 1,200 days of teaching at Grand Canyon to museums, archaeological sites, historic churches, classrooms, river camps, and research trips around the world.
1,200+
Days teaching geology and history in the Grand Canyon
50+
Multi-day river trip expeditions along the Colorado River
25+
Years speaking and teaching in schools, churches, & events
40+
Locations leading tours in museums and national parks
THE LONGER STORY
Background & experience
My work has grown out of a mix of teaching, guiding, archaeology, travel, research, and photography, with each part feeding into the others.
I spent twelve years as a pastor and teacher, with much of my teaching centered on Scripture, apologetics, archaeology, astronomy, geology, and the historical world of the Bible. That background still shapes the way I communicate. I want complicated subjects to become understandable without flattening them into something shallow.
I joined Canyon Ministries in 2014 and have since spent more than 1,000 days guiding and teaching in Grand Canyon National Park. That includes more than 50 multi-day river expeditions and hundreds of nights along the Colorado River, teaching from overlooks, trails, river camps, and rafts.
Along the way, archaeology and Egyptology became a major part of my academic and field work. My studies have included archaeology and Egyptology through the University of Oxford and graduate research in Ancient Civilizations through the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. I’m especially interested in Egypt, the Ancient Near East, biblical archaeology, museums, and the geography behind historical events.
Guiding also pushed me deeper into photography. Over the years I’ve built a large visual archive of landscapes, artifacts, museums, ruins, architecture, wildlife, and the places I’ve worked and traveled. Those photographs now support teaching, publishing, media projects, research, and the simple record of where I’ve been and what I’ve seen.
CURRENT WORK
What I’m doing now
I serve as Director of Ministry Outreach with Canyon Ministries, where my work includes speaking, partnerships, field teaching, and ministry outreach. I also lead tours in England and Egypt and keep working on research, writing, video, photography, and a handful of book and museum-related projects.
PROFILES & PLATFORMS
Profiles & links
If you want to dig further into publications, professional history, videos, or current work, these are the main places to find me.