Kyle Matthew Oliver

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  • Spring Update

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    Well, that’s a wrap for the first year of seminary. Man, did it go fast. If you want the short version, it was a challenging but formative and faith-deepening experience. On the whole, very positive, very blessed. Click below for some more details and information about my new gig in New York for the summer.

  • 250 Words About My Favorite Bible Verse

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    When the LORD restored the fortunate of Zion *then were we like those who dream.(Psalm 126:1, BCP Psalter) Our hope as Christians is for restoration with God, our neighbors, and ourselves, through Christ. I can think of no better way to describe the joy of that restoration than to note that, when we experience it,…

  • Ice-chaton 2010

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    Yes, my friends, it’s true. I have seen, in the past couple of days, more snow fall at one time here, south of the Mason-Dixon Line, in balmy Alexandria, VA, than I did in 17 years in Wisconsin. 28.8″ in about 31 hours. Pretty impressive. Here are some pictures. Album link

  • On the Marq, Finally

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    A while back, I lamented all the difficulties involved in establishing a paperless seminary workflow. Lots of people chime in, but in the end we didn’t locate an ideal way to do the main task: mark up PDFs (with highlighting, marginalia, etc.). During that process (though not on the comments–perhaps via Twitter?), someone told me…

  • Football Photos, Thomist Thoughts

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    You could probably do worse for an update on what I’ve been doing at seminary the last couple weeks than to check out two digital snapshots. The first is actually a collection of snapshots. The VTS Fighting Friars went 1-2 at the Luther Bowl in Gettysburg a few weeks back, ending our season 2-2. But…

  • Travel Day: Harlem to VTS, Via Media

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    Navigate past vesting choir members to leave apartment at St. Mary’s, Harlem, (126th between Amsterdam and Broadway) at 10 a.m. Take southbound C train to 34th. Walk to Madison Square Garden to get in line for Megabus. [Romantic interlude.] Take Megabus to 30th Street Station, Philadelphia. Take R3 SEPTA train to Media, PA. Walk to…

  • Fall Break Update

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    Sorry for my month-long absence; it’s been a wild month or so here at VTS. I hope to make up for it by putting off my final Hebrew studying to tell you a bit about first quarter and share a few photos. Enjoy! The weather was a lot like it was at Crazylegs 2009 in…

  • The Ongoing Pursuit of a Paperless Seminary Reading Workflow

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    In seminary, we read a lot. Like, probably more than we do anything else–including playing intramural sports (a surprising but deeply rewarding time sink), praying (though we’ve received tremendous support in this respect), sleeping (at least it feels that way), and complaining (a necessary thing sometimes, let me tell you). And–as any humanities major knows…

  • DC Must-Sees?

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    Hey everybody, this instalment of the video blog includes a request for tourist destinations for me to take the folks this weekend. Please chime in in the comments if you have favorite places. Thanks!

  • Traveling, Traveling

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    Two interesting travel stories (of a sort) caught my eye in this morning’s NYT. The first was one of those periodic road trip accounts that you see now and then and that tend to be pretty entertaining. I love the minivan angle–timely and practical, I thought. Made the notion of the cross-country road trip seem…