| About Xαρις και Eιρηνη |
| Xαρις και Eιρηνη is a blog written from the perspective of a Lutheran student studying for the pastoral ministry. It's title means Grace and Peace, a common greeting in St. Paul's letters and I think, a two-word summary of what Jesus Christ has won for me. |
| Ephesians 2:4-5 |
| Because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. |
| Romans 5:1-3 |
| Therefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. |
| Colossians 4:5-6 |
| Be wise in the way you act toward outsiders; make the most of every opportunity. Let your conversation be always full of grace, seasoned with salt, so that you may know how to answer everyone. |
| Apology of the Augsburg Confession, Art.XV, 21 |
| The Fathers had these reasons for maintaining the rites, and for these reasons we also judge it to be right that traditions [good customs] be maintained. And we [Lutherans] are greatly surprised that our adversaries, contrary to the entire Scriptures of the Apostles, contrary to the Old and New Testaments contend for another design of traditions, namely, that they may merit the remission of sins, grace, or justification. |
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| 1.20.2008 |
| Well, I'm Officially a Techie |
It seems as though the technology bug has got the best of me. Either that, or my friend George is wearing off on me. As I am typing this post, I'm running in Mozilla Firefox, a browser that I have used for a long time now and like it because (1) it has many cool features that are practical and useful, many of which Microsoft imitated for Internet Explorer 7 and (2) it offers WAY better security against adware and spyware than anything Microsoft has ever put forward. Best part, it's free.
But now I've also been bitten by the "Linux" bug. Linux is a free software distribution company that uses volunteer hours of techies and financial backing from larger companies to produce awesome, free software. You name it - free media playing programs, photo editing programs, word-processing and design programs, etc. Right now, my computer is running wholly free, and more importantly, Microsoft free. (Even my mp3 player is acknowledged by the operating system, something I've been trying for a week and a half to get Windows XP to do!)
For anyone not interested in paying through the nose to pick up Windows Vista, check out UBUNTU, Linux's free operating system. Completely re-released every six months with regular updates once every week or two, this system rocks. |
posted by LutheranStudent @ 20:29  |
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I'm a Ubuntu fan, although the learning curve is a little high, it's still much more intuitive than Vista.
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Real techies find this stuff on their own. I think you're a 'Techie by Proxy'. Could be worse. You could be a 'tech-tard' (as I heard someone say once) like me! :-)
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True, I have had some help. My friend has had Ubuntu for years, but I was never attracted to it until the convergence of a few things: the mp3 player, the fact that everyone seems to hate Vista, and the fact that I have to buy a laptop for Seminary classes, which will undoubtedly default to Vista.
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Hi Revvin' Rev, thanks for visiting. Do you run Ubuntu as your main operating system? Do you use Logos software for your text studies? That's my biggest fear of what won't work, because I know Logos is designed for Windows.
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I have both Ubuntu and Windows XP on my computer. I use Windows to run Hymnsoft and Logos. I also use an external hard drive for my "church files" so that I can view them no matter what operating system I use.
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I'm a Ubuntu fan, although the learning curve is a little high, it's still much more intuitive than Vista.