In This Section

Degree Major Emphasis Institution Year
Ph.D. Christian Worship and Christian Philosophy The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2024
MCM Piano The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2019
Th.M The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary 2024
BA Music Scripps College 2016

Undergraduate:
MUS 120 Introduction to Worship Arts and Ministry
MUS 434 Creative Worship Planning
MUS 360 Theology of Worship
PFA 360 Beauty, the Arts, and the Christian Life
MUS 054/454 Worship Forum

Graduate Classes Taught:
MUS 538 Music and the Arts in Christian Worship
MUS 515 The Christian Artist, Aesthetics and Creativity
MUS 528 Liturgy and Worship Planning
MUS 577 Leadership for Worship Ministry I
MUS 578 Leadership for Worship Ministry II

Christianity and the Arts
Theological & Philosophical Aesthetics
Aesthetics in Christian Worship
Liturgical Theolgoy

Reviews
Lemley, David. Becoming What We Sing: Formation through Contemporary Worship Music. Journal of Faith in the Academic Profession, vol. 3, no. 1, Aug. 2024, pp. 51-52.

Presentations
"‘Come Rest on Us’: The Epicletic Impulse of Contemporary Worship Music." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (November 2024)
"Worship as Witness: The Subject and the Glory of God." Presented at the Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (November 2023)
"Encountering Ekklesia: Toward an Ontology of the Worship Gathering." Presented at the Southeast Regional Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society (March 2022)

Redeemer Baptist Church

"What shall I render to the Lord
for all his benefits to me?
will lift up the cup of salvation
and call on the name of the Lord,
I will pay my vows to the Lord
in the presence of all his people."

Psalm 116:12-14