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Posted At: 2:58am by Kelsey Fischer
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Well, I've officially had a very interesting week. Come to find out, after four days of having some red and inflamed toes, I've got a staph infection...ain't it bloody wonderful. I'm loaded up on the meds that can destroy your liver and I'm worried that I won't be able to audition this Saturday for Sam Houston State's dance program...sigh...Also, I have a physics test this Wednesday (if you want to know how to calculate the Hz of a wave or decibels, feel free to call me). So, as you can see, I probably won't be updating with anything actually important for a bit. I felt I need to explain my sudden lack of posts. ;-)
In happy news, The Colts won the Super Bowl in a really bloody brilliant game! Wow...it was exciting...good game for sure...I'm still in awe... Oh, and for those of you who like the commercials, I've found what I consider to be my two favs from this year on YouTube: Blockbuster & BudLight. I hope you enjoy'em!
I hope to actually post a serious article as soon as I get some time...so keep an eye open...or maybe two ;-p
Edited on: February 06th, 2007 10:18 pm
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Posted At: 4:16am by Kelsey Fischer
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I guess this may belong in the "Review" section of my blog, but I thought it was more of a random thought  Anyways, this past year I have acquired an addiction to Facebook, MySpace, and the FOX News' Archaeology/Egyptology/Archeology website. But, none of these three things even compare to something I discovered while cruising the magazine rack during one of my mother's many Wal-mart shopping excursions. Yes, I know more than half of the merchandise in that area is focused towards those who have no lives and have to read about celebrities to get any sort of entertainment...but no longer is the magazine rack a place to avoid for this the bored teenager.
It was a couple of months ago when this happened...and no, I did not run across the Higher Things magazine...sadly...instead, it was a very intellectual and informative little thing called "Popular Mechanics." No, I am not a nerd and I do not have an insatiable desire for or toward anything and everything about electrics. This magazine actually has so much in it that it could interest just about everyone who has half a mind to actually want to learn something.
I believe what caught my eye at first was a picture of a Lockheed airplane, and information on some of the latest military technology. It was totally and utterly fascinating. As I kept reading, I discovered more and more articles of all types. Whether you're into weapons, cars, electronics, the latest scientific discoveries, or even tools, this magazine will have plenty to offer you.
This past Christmas, after much begging, my parents gave me a subscription to Popular Mechanics as a gift...and after receiving my first copy in the mail today, I am in no way disappointed. This month's issue has such subjects as "Panama's New Mega Canal (Reinventing the world's greatest engineering project)", "Swat Team Overkill (Do no-knock police raids go too far?)", "Car Show Report (Hot 2008 Nissan Coupe)", “Anatomy of a Plane Crash”, and the one that I was totally engrossed in "North Korea's New Threat."
Just so you know, I'm in no way saying that you should go out and get this magazine, instead of Higher Things...that is not what I'm trying to say. I love HT, of course, and wouldn't give up my subscription for the world! But, if your like me, and you want something to read during the evenings and during the wait in between HT issues, then Popular Mechanics might be the magazine for you.
Also, for all you soon to be nurses and doctors out there, Popular Science might strike your fancy...it's also a great magazine! (Check out the special they have on Numb3rs, the television show, online!)
So, next time your at the grocery store and have time to for a little detour, you might just want to swing by the magazine rack at see if the latest issue of Popular Mechanics has something in it for you!
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Posted At: 2:43am by Kelsey Fischer
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 "And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying,
'Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace among
those with whom he is pleased!'"
--Luke 2:13-14 (ESV)
Peace...it's such a wonderful word, full of so many meanings. The dictionary gives some varied versions of the definition of "Peace", here are a few:
"Peace- (1) freedom from disturbance; quiet and tranquility. *mental calm; serenity: the peace of mind this assurance gives you.* (2) freedom from the cessation of war or violence."
We are now well into the Advent season and Christmas is well on its way. Along with the festivities and well wishes of Merry Christmas, we also receive many greetings centered around peace. Just recently my parents were given a Christmas card from my beloved grandparents that had written in it, "Enjoy the holidays and I hope 2007 will be great and that it brings world peace." While reading this, I realized that what the world thinks of as world peace is not what we as Christians should view as peace.
I have a feeling that my grandma was implying that the world needs peace in the way that the dictionary definition calls a "freedom from the cessation of war and violence." Many people today are crying for this exact same type of world peace. An end to the terrorism, serial killers, and cold hard war. Just today I was stuck behind a car on the way out of the college parking lot that had stuck to the bumper a huge peace symbol with the words emblazoned, "World Peace." (Personally, I think he was trying to destroy my world peace by how slow he was driving in the LEFT lane!)
What do you take Luke 2:13-14 to mean? I want you to read through the verse carefully. I love the ESV version, because of the wording, "...and on earth peace among those with whom he is pleased..." Does it not say it all!
If you still don't understand what I'm hinting at, then think of it this way. We are sinful human beings due to the fall of Adam, are we not? What does being sinful imply towards the human race? Does it not mean death, destruction, and corruptness around every corner? I don't know about you, but that doesn't sound like a very peaceful society at all. How can we have peace when sin is staining everything around us, wrapping the world in self destruction? We are on a landslide going downhill, but for some reason we expect things to get better, for the mountain to stop crumbling, and the roof to stop caving in.
It's a sad and bleak world out there, that will never and can never obtain world peace. Just as the Bible has told us, there will always be war and death until Christ returns. But, unlike the rest of the world, we as Christians have peace. No, not world peace, but peace that is granted to us in our salvation. While the world around us is going to hell in a hand basket we can look on and find peace and comfort in him.
Now, reread the Luke 2:13-14 with these thoughts in mind. Don't you see it? Do you get now why I like this phrasing? Peace to us with whom he is pleased!!! Isn't it exciting, through Christ's death and resurrection the Lord is pleased with us! Through our Baptism (which washed us clean) and Communion (which we receive forgiveness of sins) the Father no longer sees the old Adam, but the new Adam who has his sins covered by Christ.
Peace, is ours! We need not go on protest marches and wear silly peace symbols around our necks to find it. We already have it, as the Angels declared to those lowly shepherds the night our Lord became man to save us all. Praise be to he the Peace bringer! Peace be with all of you this Advent season, and I pray that we all remember the peace we find in Christ as we go into the New Year.
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Posted At: 2:29am by Kelsey Fischer
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 After waiting weeks and weeks I finally saw the movie!!!! What movie you ask, none other than Eragon, the book turned movie that many people claim is the next Lord of the Rings.
Now I don't really think I can agree that this movie or book is better than LotR...Tolkien is and shall ever be one of my favorite writers and his ideas and writing style can not be matched. Frankly, the Eragon saga wouldn't be worth anything if it was exactly like LotR, anyways.
(Back on subject now) I went to the first showing of the movie at my local theater (at 2:30, thankfully I only have one classes early on Friday mornings) and was literally bouncing in my seat in anticipation. The lights went down, the commercials played, the previews rolled, and finally (gasp I can't believe it!) the movie began. I almost stood up and clapped.
 The actors were great, although King Galbatorix seemed a bit corny to me...but that's just my personal opinion. If your wondering, yes I've read the book. Now how did the movie compare? It didn't even come close. No, I'm not going to bash the movie, because I understand how hard it is to take a novel and condense it into a 99min film. It wasn't nearly as good as the LotR or Narnia, but it was worth the money. Also, my mom who has never read the book was with me, and she loved it!
favorites. The action and adventure where of course great and the dragons looked so life like! But, one of the most beloved things to me, is the characters and how utterly human they are. I find that too many books today like to portray the characters as the perfect heroes, that know exactly what to do and how to do it. I love how not only the bad guy makes mistakes, the good guys are also fumbling all over themselves making some wrWell, they at least had some of the elements that I thought made the book one of my all timeong decisions too. We, as sinful beings are full of faults and having characters in a movie or film acting like an everyday person makes it more real, and points out how human we really are.
 Anyways, it was a good movie that I totally recommend seeing. Now, a message to all of you that have read the books already, please don't bash the movie. I know it's not perfect and the its plot is totally different, but all in all it was good and everyone should go see it! Or, at least rent it when it comes out on video ;-)
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Posted At: 2:40pm by Kelsey Fischer
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I was listening to the new My Chemical Romance song, "Welcome to the Black Parade", the other day and it got me thinking. This little subject of mine is probably considered sad and unspeakable to all of y'all normal people out there, but it is something that effects all of our lives on a day to day bases, and it cannot be avoided nor ignored. You're probably wondering, "What the heck is this girl going on about?" Well, it's the subject of Death and the hereafter. Slightly morbid, ain't it?
I remember a girl who used to go to my old church, and she was always so scared of death and anything that had to do with it. Also, I've known quite a few people in my life that think it's just wrong to talk about death, as if it's such a terrible subject and you should refrain from it lest you be struck down from heaven itself.
Maybe I'm just a strange person, but I have no real fear of death itself. Yes, I fear the *way* I might someday die (which I'm hoping is painless and in my sleep of old age), but I have never really feared the death part in dying.
 This probably comes from having a loving mother and father who have seen to it that I be brought up in the Christian faith, and most specifically (ever since around 1st grade) the Lutheran faith.
Life is such a trivial thing if you really think about...we are all such tiny little specks on the huge surface of this earth, and sometimes we wonder why, exactly, are we here? I actually found myself contemplating this very subject not too long ago in church (when I should have been singing one of the hymns, I'm shameful to admit), "Why is our trivial existence so important and meaningful?" It didn't take me too long to come to the conclusion, thanks to our wonderful liturgy and the Word spoken in the readings and sermon, that our life on earth is made meaningful by the same reason that our Lord sent his one and only son to die in our place, hanging on a tree. He loves us all and gave us life in Christ so that our tiny, little, pointless existence is made meaningful and wonderful through the fulfillment of his promise.
Now, you must be wondering, what the heck does this have to do with death? Well, here comes some law and gospel!
What is death? Is it not just a part of what sin is, and what the fall of man has caused to befall on the whole face of the earth? Without sin there is no death and destruction. We as humans like to mis lead ourselves and think we're perfect, but the truth is that each and every single one of us is sinful and falls horribly short of the glory of God. We are lower than dirt, we are nothing and totally meaningless...but for one thing. Through the means of grace (the Word, Baptism, and Holy Communion) and the forgiveness, granted to us in Christ, our sins are covered and we can rejoice that sin, death, and the power of the devil have already been conquered for us! We need not fear death, it is nothing compared to the love and saving faith found in our heavenly Father through Christ, by the help of the Holy Ghost!
Sadly, many of the people around us do not know about this gift of eternal life. They walk around blindly fearing what they understand to be the unknown or the abyss that is the afterlife.
Many cultures throughout time have come up with what they conceive to be "the life after death." The Greeks and Romans believed in the River Styx and Hades. While such people as the Egyptians believed in a very materialistic afterlife, where they had to take all they needed into the grave (including servants) with them. My point is, that these people feared death so much that they came up with many lavish and over the top ideas of what it would be like and how they would get to where they thought they were going.
 Even today many people continue to do this. Look at the predominate religions around you. Take the Muslims for example, they blow themselves up in fear that they can never do enough to get to "heaven" and then they believe they are promised virgin wives and all kinds of other lies. I believe that Mohammed was not only a crazed, attention seeking lunatic, but that he was also so afraid of death that he had to make up some answer as to how he and his followers would make it to their ill-conceived "perfect" afterlife.
Also, some Christians today have these messed up views on how one should get to heaven. Instead of believing in Christ as the only one who can cover our sins, they believe, to an extent, that they must work their way into heaven...it's not what God does for mankind, it's what mankind can do for God.
My point is, that fear of death is nothing new, but we as Christians should focus our eyes on Christ and the saving faith. We should seek comfort in the fact that there is nothing we can do, for he has already done it all, and that we are promised such joy in heaven that we as sinful human beings cannot even comprehend it. Death is nothing, it has already been overcome and through saving faith we no longer must fear it! Eternal Life is ours and the greatest part is that we need not worry about death, for we are made meaningful and so very much more alive in Christ than we could ever be as sinful human beings on earth.
So, next time you are sitting in church, and one of those great Lutheran hymns of repentance and salvation come along, sing out with all your joy and hope! For you know you are Saved, through faith, just as we have been promised by the Lord on High!
Edited on: February 06th, 2007 10:19 pm
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