About: whose blog is this?

I‘m Alex Blondeau. Following in my father’s footsteps I did my undergraduate work in the fine arts. After four years or so in the world of advertising as a graphic designer, I jumped ship. I then completed a Master of Arts in “Christian Thought” from Bethel Seminary (St. Paul) in 2010 which culminated in a thesis in the area of theological meta-ethics. The paper explored the question: “is God necessary for morality?” (The answer is: Yes, but not if God “exists.”) Having developed a taste for the academic life, I enrolled in a PhD. program at Luther Theological Seminary under the supervision of Dr. Lois Malcolm. I graduated in 2016 after defending my thesis Dying to Live: The Paradox of Christian Salvation, The Terror of Death, & Developmental Stages Theory, much of which I blogged my way through on this site.

Since 2016 (the odometer is just about to flip to 2021 as of this update), I have been building our home in a small town in west central Minnesota, splitting wood for the cold winters, restoring a native prairie habitat on the acreage we bought, while working as a utility meter reader in various towns throughout the Dakotas and Minnesota. In general, I seem to have bitten off more than I can chew, but I am just now trying to return to my writing and other good habits. At any rate, I’m glad that you have found your way here and look forward to seeing you in the comments!