Author: Kyle
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Prayer Hack: Virtual reality meditation
A lot of my new colleagues in the CMLTD program at Teachers College are interested in virtual reality for education, so I’ve recently been paying a bit more attention to this emerging technology than I previously had. When I got to the lab on Saturday, I had to grab a Google Cardboard and try out…
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Where I’m From
The following is a multimodal poem remixing George Ella Lyon’s “Where I’m From” for MSTU 5002: Culture, Media, & Education at Teachers College, Columbia University. If you’re interested, you can read my reflections here. Watch Explore Listen Read I’m from hand-painted sheets thrown over PVC frames. From costumes questionably fastened…
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The waning (and waxing?) of religious imagery in the West
We don’t have public course blogs in my history of communication course. But this discussion board post seemed germane to the stuff I write about here. But whereas polyglot editions of the Bible made scripture (‘the words of God’) seem more multiform, repeatable visual aids like maps and equations made nature (the works of God)…
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Conversations with/in Scripture
A sermon for Proper 20 Jeremiah 8:18-9:1; Psalm 79:1-9; 1 Timothy 2:1-7; Luke 16:1-13 First of all, I urge that supplications, prayers, intercessions, and thanksgivings be made for everyone, for kings and all who are in high positions, so that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and dignity. If you’re like me, you…
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Sermon: (The Lord’s) Prayer
Proper 12 Hosea 1:2-10; Psalm 85; Colossians 2:6-15, (16-19); Luke 11:1-13 I spent most of the last week in Alexandria wrapping up my formal employment at Virginia Seminary. Among the many joys of being with my colleagues one last time was learning that a book project I’d been rooting for is moving forward. The book is a biography…
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Starting grad school (and a newsletter)
Pentecost feels like a good day to announce what I believe has been a Spirit-led discernment process: In September, I will start full-time Ed.D. studies (that’s doctorate in education) in the Communications, Media, & Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. I’ll miss being the digital missioner in the CMT@VTS, but I look…
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Sermon: Imagination and empathy in the season of the Incarnation
Second Sunday after Christmas Jeremiah 31:7-14; Psalm 84; Ephesians 1:3-6,15-19a; Matthew 2:13-15,19-23 Audio | Text: Happy second Sunday after Christmas. The prayer book says we are in the season of the Incarnation, but I prefer to think of these days between Christmas and Epiphany as the season of imagination. I believe our primary job as disciples is to…
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#DigiWriMo post: One world, one life in The Digital Cathedral
I’m participating, as I’m able, in Digital Writing Month (#DigiWriMo). Drafting some sections for an upcoming book chapter (with Lisa Kimball) on digital media for ministry felt like a great way to honor the spirit of that endeavor and still get some work done. In other words: this is a draft. Allow me to make a bold…
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Learning from libraries
There’s a great article in the New York Times today about public libraries retooling as “stuff-braries,” places to learn the guitar, borrow some snow shoes, or connect to a 3D printer. As per usual with such articles, I found it hard to not read the whole thing by substituting “libraries” with “churches” and considering the implications. Consider…
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Simple DIY standing desk specs
Online and off-, a couple people have asked about my simple DIY standing desk setup in our new apartment. I thought maybe the most efficient way to answer the questions would be to share here how I did it. My main criterion was that I didn’t want to commit to always standing. So whatever was to bring my computer(s)…