About Me

 Hi, 

My name is Luke.  I'm a Christian, husband, father to 2 daughters, part of the family of River City Church Hull, a research scientist with a PhD in Physical Chemistry, and an incessant thinker and internal processor.  I've been on a journey to understand myself better, how I think, how I interpret the world, the good things, the bad things...essentially trying to make sense of how I make sense of the world.  

I'm hoping that by sharing some of this journey, it will either encourage others who think similarly to me, or help others understand the way someone like me thinks.  I don't believe it to be any better or worse than other ways of thinking, it's just one way of thinking.

See this first blog post here to read more behind the reasoning of this blog. 

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