Minister in the Protestant Church of the Netherlands, serving the parish church of Langerak ZH.

Researcher Practical Theology at the Protestant Theological University (Utrecht).

Webmanager of the Societas Homiletica since 2008.

PhD in Homiletics: Religious Involvement in Hearing Sermons. A Grounded Theory Study in Empirical Theology and Homiletics (Eburon, Delft, 2010). Available at Amazon.com.

Several articles on Practical Theology, methodology in empirical theology in Dutch journals.