Deeper About

Why “SeePhas”?

My name, Peter, comes from Cephas—the Aramaic word for “rock.”
So SeePhas is a play on words: a place to see rocks.

I’m Peter Brandt — a learner, grandfather, seminary traveler, and person becoming real through the rocks and waters of life.

SeePhas is where I gather the wisdom I’m learning — not because I have arrived, but because the journey is worth sharing.

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Seeking Truth and Discernment

Some say truth is dead—that it’s whatever fits the bubble you live in.
I don’t agree.

Truth is what’s genuine, actual, and real—tested by evidence, corroborated by experience, and confirmed by wisdom.
There’s even a name for studying it: Epistemology—the philosophy of how we know what’s true and how we discern it.

Discernment walks hand in hand with truth.
It’s the ability to see clearly and judge wisely—to distinguish between good from evil, life giving from deathly, what is true from false, wise from foolish.

Here, I explore ideas that can sometimes be “rocky.”
But always with respect, curiosity, and agape love.
I invite you to read, reflect, and discern for yourself.
If something resonates—or if it doesn’t—join the conversation.

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About Me

I’m currently pursuing seminary studies—rethinking, rebuilding, and discerning what comes next.

Before this, I spent a few years working in a “Christian-in-name” school serving an under-resourced community. Helping to launch a technology and business learning program. The theology wrecked me.

My professional life was spent in global enterprise consulting and software. So I think of myself as “glocal”—globally aware, locally grounded.

I’m a husband, a father of two grown sons, and a lifelong learner—drawn to theology, human flourishing, technology, socio-economics, politics, and good food.

I live in Minnesota, though I often feel like an exile here—
a citizen of both this place and the Kingdom of God.

I call myself an Agape Christian: centered on following Jesus of the Gospels, bathing in the love of Jesus. Committed to serving those named by God—the widow, the orphan, the hungry, the thirsty, the sick, the imprisoned, the unclothed, and the stranger/immigrant. Serving them is following the Christ.

Hopeful for the restoration of all things.