As I was crossing the US-Canadian border recently during my weekly commute between Seattle and Vancouver, the border guard interviewing me seemed quite puzzled by what I do. I told him I’m studying at Regent College, a graduate school of theology (or some consider it a seminary) in Vancouver, BC. “So you’re a minister?” he asked me. “No,” I answered, ”I’m a senior software engineer.”

So why is the co-founder and chief software architect of a Seattle internet startup studying in a religious program alongside Christian pastors, missionaries, and theological scholars? Would it not make more sense to be taking courses in MySQL or Java EE?

It’s for the simple reason…