User:Jlencion

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I am an alumnus of Gustavus Adolphus College in St. Peter, Minnesota where I graduated summa cum laude with a religion major and an art studio minor in May 2005. I currently work as Technical Web Coordinator for the college where I develop web applications using PHP, Macromedia ColdFusion, Microsoft SQL, and MySQL.

In my spare time, I like to maintain a photoblog called Shifting Pixel.

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[edit] Thesis

My thesis is titled "Total Kenosis, True Shunyata, and the Plerotic Self of Thomas Merton and Abe Masao". It incorporates concepts from Zen, Meister Eckhart, Christian mysticism, existentialism, Soren Kierkegaard, Friedrich Nietzsche, and nihilism. If that sounds interesting to you, you can read my thesis in PDF format. A copy of my thesis is held in the collections at the Thomas Merton Center at Bellarmine University.

An article based on my thesis was selected for the Albert Clark award for best undergraduate essay by Theta Alpha Kappa, the national honorary society for Religious Studies/Theology. It will be published in the Journal of Theta Alpha Kappa.

[edit] Photos uploaded

Macro photo of the skin of a North American Cantaloupe, taken with a Canon MP-E 65mm f/2.8 1-5x Macro lens and Macro Twin Lite MT-24EX	Terry Morrow	Mark Mallman performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN during the CD release party for Between the Devil and Middle C	Mark Mallman
Shara Worden performing at the Pabst Theater in Milwaukee, WI with My Brightest Diamond	Sufjan Stevens performing at the Pabst Theater	An Amur Tiger at the Minnesota Zoo	A Grey nurse shark at the Minnesota Zoo
A Grey nurse shark at the Minnesota Zoo	Mark Mallman performing at The Caves at Carleton College	Mark Mallman as Mallwolf, his alter-ego performing at First Avenue in Minneapolis, MN on September 9, 2006	Swanson Tennis Center at Gustavus Adolphus College
One of the cannons at Fort William Historical Park in Thunder Bay, Ontario. The inscription reads I. & P. VERBRUGGEN.	A typical star-shaped door handle at Fort William Historical Park	A shelf in a room at Fort William Historical Park	A mural advertisement for Arrow Ace Hardware in Saint Peter, Minnesota
A Baby Brite doll selling for $15 at a flea market/antique show	Kasota limestone	A flower in the Evelyn Gardens of Linnaeus Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College	Some hostas in the Greater Gustavus Hosta Garden
The Borgeson Family Cabin	Daruma doll with one eye filled in for wishing	Red tetsubin teapot