Hi, I’m Daniel, an MDiv student and software engineer with interests in data visualization, writing, and photography. Here you can find my data visualization projects and writings. My nature photography can be found on my flickr.
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Publication Timeline of the New Testament
I have compiled the estimated publication dates of the New Testament books into a visualization. The dates are based on the analysis of D.A. Carson and Douglas J. Moo in their textbook An Introduction to the New Testament.
Expanding the Square of Opposition
While learning about categorical propositions and their immediate inferences, I was struck with why the converse immediate inference works only for the E and I propositions. I thought it would be a fun data visualization exercise to expand on the square of opposition…
Short Story: Seeds
“What’s the point? What is the —“ he stopped himself, cursing would only make him more angry. “What is the point?”, the thought repeated “They had already given up on themselves and their future on this earth. Why continue burying them as though…
Ideas and their Contexts: Interacting with ideas with empathy and an open mind
The difference between viewing ideas within either their temporal or essential contexts is important in providing an avenue for evaluating ideas without bias, presenting ideas with empathy, and learning to recognize our own blind spots in understanding ideas
Helpful Resources for Seminary Students
I’m currently working on a Master of Divinity degree, below I’ve listed a few of the resources I’ve found helpful in my studies.
John Newton’s Letter to a Seminary Student
John Newton was a slave ship captain who repented and became a minister, later writing the hymn Amazing Grace. I stumbled, providentially, across his letter to “a student in divinity” early in my seminary journey and have found it very centering, encouraging, and…
Illustrations from Pilgrims Progress
One of my favorite books is Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan. I have found the examples of the difficulties and temptations encountered in life profound and helpful. Several years ago, when looking for some wall art, I found on Etsy some illustrations that…
