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Gloria Molina's life has been one of contradictions: the famous feminist politician from East L.A., the career policymaker/politician who still feels like an outsider. She can claim many "firsts," a lot of admirers and a lot of political foes. The first Latina elected to the Legislature, to the Los Angeles City Council, and the first woman and Latina elected to the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, where she'll likely be until she is termed out in 2014. Her reputation is one of picking fights, but she also picks her fights -- killing a proposed prison in East L.A. in the 1980s, watchdogging cushy government pensions and perks and budget practices, and looking out for Los Angeles' poor, of which she was once one herself, the eldest of 10 kids of a poor Mexican immigrant. You may see her only in TV news clips, jabbing a finger on some point. There's more, and some slow-mo, to GloMo.
Once again you're the only woman on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors. Outside of having a bathroom all to yourself, what is wrong with this picture?
You can't measure where women are by what's going on here because the opportunities to run for this office are very limited. It's still a struggle, but there are opportunities for women. When I'm termed out [in 2014] and Zev [Yaroslavsky] at the same time, hopefully there'll be a real opportunity for women.
Ted Kennedy was someone you thought highly of. He was a great compromiser. You've said you don't compromise very effectively. Why is that?
Let's face it, you can't survive in this system [without] some compromise. But anything that compromises my own personal sensibilities and about certain issues, I just won't move. Sometimes I would rather lose than compromise. The East L.A. prison fight was exactly that. I had carried a package of about 12 bills [in the Legislature] on high school dropouts. The governor [George Deukmejian] asked me if I wanted him to sign them, and I said, "Absolutely," and he said, "We would like you to accept the prison in East L.A." I had to reject that, and he vetoed all of my [education] bills.
What did that teach you?
So many colleagues said, "Gloria, you have to cut your losses on this one, there's another day." But in my community this issue was so strong. I also felt betrayed by the political system. I think I made the right decision. I think that's also one of the reasons I have enjoyed a lot of support in my community.
Your name has been mentioned for Congress, even governor. Is this job the best fit for you?
This is a very good fit for me. It meets all of my personal needs about being a, quote, politician or policymaker, because of the range of issues -- children's issues, senior citizen issues, all aspects of government. I really don't think [Congress] would have been a good fit for me, working through the caucus, waiting for seniority opportunities, having to do the bidding of so many senior members in order to get opportunities. So this seat was just a perfect fit. I love what I do and I wish I could stay here forever, but it's just as well that I move on and find something else, hopefully not elective office.
How have you changed the culture of the board?
I think I've had a huge impact. Whether it is noticeable or not, I'm not sure. When I first arrived, it was very acceptable to allow the county administrative officer to basically operate everything. His recommendations were accepted; the department heads ran the departments with little or no questions. To me, the budget determines what your priorities are. And the board always let the CAO do the budget. There was a lot of rubber-stamping. I worked very hard to create a very different system, to ask questions. The other part is this ownership thing [about] money. My daughter was watching [me] on TV arguing with my colleagues, and she said, "Mom, why do you care? It's not your money." And I said, "It is, and I treat it like my money."
In the process, you've ticked off a lot of people, administrators. If you've made things better for the system, have you made it harder for you to operate in it?
Certainly I have had people refuse to give me information, and we've had battles. The sheriff [Sherman Block] was one of the first. I'd question what was going on and how the expenditures were made. Sheriff Block was a very tough guy to deal with. I said, "Sheriff, I don't tell you who to hire, where to send out the cars, how you handle anything -- there's only one thing I can do legally, and that's your budget. I want to understand your budget." Just asking the questions made him very angry. They eventually started fibbing to me. There was a deputy -- I barred him from this office. I don't need anybody to come in and not tell me what's going on. I didn't want to embarrass him; I just wanted him to tell the truth. That was the first struggle; it's still continuing.
One of your colleagues used the word "grandstanding."
Sometimes I have to take things public. When I first came here, on the pension issue, my colleagues, all of them, were very angry with me. Sometimes I have to go that far in order to make a point.
My colleague, Garrett Therolf, says it bugs you that reporters come to you for what you've called the "bitch quote" -- is that how you've been cast by the press?
Absolutely. Particularly in the L.A. Times, my name always has a lot of adjectives like "feisty" or "hostile" or "angrily." When Zev asks a question as aggressively as I do, it doesn't have those adjectives in front of his name. Granted, I get angry about some of our people and how badly they do certain things. I do know that's [my] reputation. I really even don't mind it. I'd love being sweet and nice all the time if I could, if I didn't care about all of this, but I do.
Los Angeles County is majority Latino; California soon will be. Is it time to begin redefining majority and minority?
We're going to be a majority, but what does that mean? If you still [have] the highest dropout rate and the most crime-infested neighborhoods and all those things, then it doesn't mean anything. It doesn't create anything unless you are empowering along the way. So, yes, we are more in numbers, but I don't know that we are effective enough collectively, as Latinos. We will not be the power majority at all because there's too many shortcomings in the Latino community for all kinds of reasons, unless we make the kind of dramatic changes to make sure that as you move up, you're going to have a healthier number of Latinos in every way -- health, education, financial independence.
Were you surprised at the huge reaction against your ordinance cracking down on illegally parked taco trucks?
Absolutely. The people who made it kind of a gag almost certainly don't know any of the issues. I had a taco truck in front of a school -- they wouldn't move, they just paid the citations and parents complained they were crossing with their children and couldn't see around them. I had no ability to move it out of there. We spent a lot of years negotiating -- "Come on, guys, move on" -- and they wouldn't do it. I remember getting a letter from someone in West Covina who said, "What is wrong with you? There's nothing better than going into East L.A. and having these wonderful tacos." [These] weren't people who had these trucks in their neighborhoods. Why is it they don't have them in Pasadena on Colorado Boulevard? Because they don't permit it. I've had good meetings with the loncheros and said, "I'm not trying to ruin your business." [But some operators are] urinating on lawns, making noise, they're there until 2 or 3 in the morning.
Ever eat from them?
Of course I did; I don't do it now -- someone would take my picture! I did it years ago.
You told NPR's "Story Corps" that you wanted to be a fashion designer.
We all have dreams, right? I loved old movies, I loved the fact that everything was so beautiful and perfect. How did Jean Harlow have this dress that flowed so beautifully? Then, of course, everybody asks you what you want to be when you grow up, and becoming a fashion designer was something I really wanted to do. I didn't know anything about being a lawyer or doctor. I read about Edith Head and Coco Chanel and this very glamorous life, and so I thought, "What a great career!" Little did I know I have no talent in that, none whatsoever!
Now you belong to a sewing group?
I'm a quilter. I make lots and lots of quilts. It has become an unbelievable passion for me. We meet every Wednesday. You have to have something besides this part of it [she gestures around the office]. I'm not great at it, but I love doing it.
You grew up the eldest of 10 children; your daughter is an only child. Do you think about how different her life is from yours?
Absolutely, every day, and it's troubling. One of the things that I worry about is that she has had a very easy go of it, and one of the things that was helpful to me was the struggle that I had, coming from a poor family. I think it inspired me to strive, and it has given me the courage to look at things very differently. Sometimes my daughter says things or does things that remind me of how comfortable she's gotten, and so it worries me. She's wonderful and strong and has so many wonderful values, it's just that -- her college was paid for, she had a car, she has a credit card. I appreciate my upbringing, I really do. I didn't appreciate it much [then], but I think it really helped me in the long run.
Is there one thing you wanted to fix when you came into public life that you haven't been able to?
The high school dropout rate. Right now I'm working on a foster-care project that has been, painfully, the only place I have any jurisdiction on educational attainment, for the most part. I traded it for an issue that was very significant: We still don't have a prison in East L.A., and East L.A. is the better for it. I made the right decision, but it is a regret.
This interview was edited and excerpted from a longer taped transcript. Interview archive: latimes.com/pattasks.


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2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Season Update
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 8, 2013 – The FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Mazury 2013 has come to a close. Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen of the Netherlands were crowned the new men's world champions while China's Chen Xue and Zhang Xi made history when they became the first world champions from China in the women's competition.
Thirteenth seeds Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen beat Brazilian 10th seeds Ricardo Santos and Alvaro Filho 2-0 (21-18, 21-16) amongst sensational scenes at Stare Jablonki on Sunday.
A day earlier, top seeds Chen Xue and Zhang Xi lived up to their billing as pre-tournament favourites with an outstanding (18-21, 21-17, 21-19) victory against the tournament's surprise package Britta Buthe and Karla Borger of Germany in the women's final.
A full run down of the beach volleyball season to date can be found here

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"If you continue to listen to the mainstream media and all of the gloom-and-doomers out there, you'd think the economy was on the verge of disaster. Without a doubt, it's hard to remain optimistic when your head is being filled with emotional poison. Well, turn it off." –Jim Walton, president & CEO, Brand Acceleration, Inc.
Tell you one thing: if had to abandon a sinking ship, I'd make damned sure Jim Walton was in the same lifeboat as me. I don't know that he has any maritime experience and, frankly, I wouldn't care – this guy is upbeat in the face of tough times, and let me tell you, we sure need a lot of that in this day and age.
Walton – president & CEO of Brand Acceleration; an advertising, brand management and public relations firm operating from Indianapolis, IN and Charlotte, NC – recently sent out a newsletter entitled "Economy on the Rebound: Positive signs that the recession may be over." While he's plenty realistic enough to admit that tough times still lay ahead, he's of a mind that if we as Americans don't roll up our sleeves and get cracking like we always do, those tough times are just going to hang around like yellowing newspapers.
I'd like to share Walton's take on things with you, for while they are not necessarily trucking related, I think truckers can find plenty to relate to in his words. Jim, the floor is yours:
"I know it may be hard to accept, but this thing – this recession – will end. In fact, it may well be over. There is still good news out there and it's coming faster every day. Is it all rosy and nice? No! It's still difficult and will remain that way for a while. However, it's important that you hang on and be a positive force for others to emulate.
Spending a lot of time with economic developers and construction industry people, I am always pleased at the number of positive stories I hear. New projects are entering the pipeline and pending projects are beginning to find funding. It is also very gratifying to notice how positive these people remain. Are they just blind optimists? I don't think so. These are people who know that they have to push forward, work hard and make things happen. Simply sitting on the sideline with the whiners will do nothing but send them to the unemployment line.
But as I said, there is good news out there. For example, here are a few stories you may not have heard on the evening news or read in the newspapers:
Consumer confidence is rising: U.S. consumer confidence rose in June to the highest level since February 2008, as expectations grew that the worst economic recession since the Great Depression may be ending. Since the November 2008 low of 55.3, the sentiment index has gained 15.5 points, up to 70.8, recouping about one-third of the loss posted since the peak in January 2007.
Consumer spending is coming back: U.S. consumer spending rose in June for the first time since February as incomes rose sharply, the Commerce Department recently announced, supporting the view that the economy was pulling out of recession. Consumer spending, which accounts for over 70% of U.S. economic activity, rose 0.3% in May after an upwardly revised flat reading in April. Mark Vitner, an economist with Wachovia in Charlotte, NC, said the data suggested the economy was on a better trajectory heading into the third quarter.
U.S. durable goods orders are expanding: An unexpected jump in U.S. durable goods orders in June backed hopes the economy was healing, a prospect cautiously supported by the Federal Reserve.
Things are beginning to look up. Good news is all around us and brighter days are not far off. Pledge to yourself to avoid negative news sources and to stay clear of people who only serve to bring you down. Keep selling, keep promoting and keep up the good fight. I can see light at the end of the tunnel."
Let's just hope, of course, that "light" isn't the headlamp of a runaway locomotive coming down at us through the tunnel, though. (Hah! Sorry, Jim – just couldn't resist!) Seriously, though, Walton makes some very good points here. Whether we believe it or not, this recession is going to end – so it's up to all of us to find a way to hold on until it does.


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May is Mental Health Awareness Month. Erin Schwantner, a public relations professional in Seattle, first shared her brother's story on CNN iReport. She runs a blog, 4 The Love of Evan, to bring meaning to his life and educate others about the warning signs of suicide.
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2. Remove any firearms, alcohol, drugs or sharp objects that could be used in a suicide attempt.
3. Call the U.S. National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-TALK (8255).
4. Take the person to an emergency room or seek help from a medical or mental health professional.
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We are going to continue tonight in our discussion of Romans Chapter 8, Christian Invincibility. "If God is for us who is against us? This is a very very important subject, this matter of our personal security with God. One of the major debates through the centuries within the framework of Christianity has been the debate about whether can lose their salvation. It has been an issue that has split Christianity into two sides and also created a moderate middle ground as well. This is not only an issue in this part of the world; it's an issue all over the world. There really are two distinct branches of evangelical Christianity, orthodox Christianity in the sense of foundational doctrine. There are those who believe you can lose your salvation and those who believe you cannot.
One of the struggles that I've had through the years in my many many treks over to Eastern Europe and into Russia and the former Soviet Union is the fact that for many many decades over there they have been convinced that it is possible to lose one's salvation. And so this has been a formidable opportunity for me to try to help them to understand the other side of that debate. I was in a former KGB military training camp holding a pastor's conference, that in it self was very satisfying to know that that place was being used for a pastor's conference.
This was in Belarus, which is a tragic tragic place. Everybody in the country has been affected by Chernobyl. The population is dying, affected by the ground water, which has affected the crops that grow there. Radiation has basically affected everybody in Belarus and there is a passion and a zeal among the pastors and the leaders there to evangelize that nation. There's a sense of urgency about that and so they invited me to come to this conference and to talk to these pastors.
I remember staying in a very clean and simple place and eating soup in a sort of a cool time of the year and it wasn't much as amenities go, but there was this literal exhilaration on the part of these people as I was every day teaching them the word of God. And along the way I was talking about God's plan, his big unfolding plan and I got into the issue of the eternality of salvation.
That is to say that once you have been justified, once you have been redeemed and converted and born again, that's forever. And I said something to that effect, the words I obviously wouldn't remember at this point and afterwards there was a, well there was a little bit less of a gregarious response I'll put it that way. And I came back in the morning to start up again and the leaders of the conference came to me and they said, "We want to know if you can do something for us before you start teaching what you were going to teach." And I said, "Sure." They said, "Well we have all been up all night." And I said, "Why have you been up all night?" "We have been looking through the Bible to find every Scripture that proves you can lose your salvation and we want you to answer them all." Fair enough.
So that's basically what we did for hours. Even at the end of that time it was hard for them to move away from what they had believed for so long. Well I continued to try to meet that situation head on. A recent translation of my commentary on the book of Romans will be a help because they're going to have to deal with Romans 8 just as we are tonight.
Frankly Romans 8 provides for us the clearest and most powerful statement of the believer's security in Scripture. And this is something that we need to know about. You know there are those people who say, "Well you don't want to get into divisive doctrinal issues. You don't want to be dealing with things that people can't agree on. It just polarizes people. I'm the very opposite and at the same time I don't want to become obscure by being so profound and so technical that we lose the value of this, which I think can be understood in a rather simple way.
So we're looking at Romans 8:28-39, and we're spending most of our time sort of getting into this thing in Romans 8:28, which is a critically important verse. Let's go back to that verse for a moment. "We know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to his purpose." Simple verse. If you're called according to his purpose, God causes all things to work together for good. Another way to say that was, as we pointed out last time, nothing can work together for bad. Nothing. This is one of those comprehensive statements that has no exceptions. There are no caveats. God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, we talked about that last time, to those who are called according to his purpose.
Now really the key phrase in the verse is the phrase according to his purpose. God has a purpose and all those who have been called to that purpose are put into the condition where he causes everything to work together for their good. We are therefore, forever secure because that was God's purpose.
His purpose is actually unfolded in verses 29 and 30. "For whom he foreknew," that's when his purpose began, foreknowledge, "he predestined to be conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren whom he predestined. These he also called, whom he called he also justified, whom he justified these he also glorified." And there you have the unfolding of the purpose of God.
If you're called according to his purpose you are in that progress from predestination to calling to justification to glorification in verse 30. If you're called according to his purpose you are predestined to be conformed to his Son. If you're called according to his purpose he is causing all things to work together for good and therefore nothing can work together for bad. His purpose is to get you to be conformed to the image of his Son. His purpose is to take you all the way from predestination to glorification. This is patently obvious in the test.
We start to talk about these things, there's problems in our human reasoning and we think, well this doesn't seem to square with what sounds sensible or reasonable or fair. Just keep this in mind; whatever you don't understand or have a hard time accepting has nothing to do with God and everything to do with your own limitations. Let's just identify where the limitation is, it's not with God. It's with you.
To question the wisdom of God, to question the justice of God, to question the love of God, to question the purpose of God is a reflection of your feeble mindedness and mine. To say to God well that doesn't seem to make sense to me is the height of folly. Or to say well God my concept of this whole deal goes like this, really. What we want to do is come humbly to the sacred, infinite and holy mind of God, hear what he says, and believe it. Human reason, logic, human understanding are not adequate to the task. We cannot ultimately reconcile in our pea brains the vast purposes of God.
The only thing that's ever going give you peace in these great doctrines is faith. You're going to run out of reason, as my dad used to say, if you get into these doctrines and you keep tracking eventually you're going to find yourself under the bed saying the Greek alphabet. It's just too confounding. You can't reason it all out. At some point you settle on the fact that you're going to trust God to be holy and just and good because that's what Scripture says that he is. The general truth here is this: God has a purpose. If you're in that purpose everything works together for good.
Salvation does not ebb and flow based upon what you decide. Salvation is defined by what God has decided. So much of modern evangelism leaves people the idea that they need to decide whether to accept Christ. The truth of the matter is sinner needs to pray that Christ would accept him.
How do you expect an unconverted person to come to the conclusion that the gospel is true and confess Jesus as Lord on his own since he's dead in trespass and sins Ephesians 2 says, since the natural man cannot understand the things of God, to him they are foolishness. Even the preaching of the cross is those that perish foolishness. The god of this world has blinded his mind lest the light of the glorious should shine on him.
In a condition of being dead and blind how does one expect that someone's going to respond? They can't any more than a corpse can join in the singing at his funeral. Man cannot make a move toward God and a move toward Christ until God has begun to unfold his purpose toward him. That why Jesus said, "No man comes to me expect the Father," what? "Draws him." John 6. And if you're starting to question God about whether that's fair or just recognize that as a temptation and resist it and recognize it as a foible of your fallen ness. The problem is not his; it's yours.
With that in mind let's go back to verse 28. We talked about the extent of security, all things so that there's nothing and the language later on in this chapter that can separate us from the love of God. Nothing can do that because all things God works together for good. We talked about those all things, good things and bad things, all of them. That was the extent of security. It embraces all things and it would have to, which means there is nothing that can separate us and then after the extent of the security we possess we talked about the recipients.
Who is it that is really secure? And last week we took that phrase in verse 28, those who love God. And that looks at this matter of security from our viewpoint, from our side. Who are believers? Who are the truly secure? Who are headed to heaven? Who are generally God's? Who are really in the kingdom? Who possess eternal life that can never be broken? Who is it that are moving down this path to glorification and nothing can change it? Who are they? They are those who love God and we went into the height and breath and length and depth of what that means. That's from our side.
But look at it from the other side. Back to that verse, those who love God are also identified as those who are called according to his purpose. From our side we love God. From his side we are the called. There is in Matthew 22, a parable that Jesus tells in which he says, "Many are called but few are chosen." Remember that? Matthew 22, I think it's verse 14. "Many are called but few are chosen."
There when he's talking about called he's just talking about a general call to come into God's kingdom. It's not technical. It's the call of the gospel. But when you get into the Epistles, out of the four gospels, and you get into the Epistles and when you're reading the Epistles and a writer of the Epistles, I don't care what writer it is, talks about the call it is always an effectual saving call in the Epistles. It is not an external invitation; it is an internal wooing by the Spirit of God that results in conversion. Never in the Epistles is the term called referred to an external invitation. It always means what theologians call and effectual call. That is to say, it is a call that has the effect of doing the work of God, the saving work of God.
And that's exactly the way Paul uses it here. In verse 30, "Whoever he predestined he called and whom he called these he also justified." So this an internal call to justification. This is not just a general announcement that you ought to come to salvation. When the writers of the Epistles talk about a call they're talking about an effectual call. They're talking about a real call to justification. You find over in the 9th Chapter of Romans and I'll just give you a couple of illustrations. Paul writes about Paul's purpose with regard to Isaac and he says, "God's purpose according to his choice might stand, not because of works but because of him who calls." And here again this was a call that was a choice that God made. It was that the older would serve the younger. "Jacob I loved, Esau I hated."
Whenever it talks about call then, it is a specific call to salvation. For example in I Corinthians 1:2, "To the Church of God, which is at Corinth, to those who have been sanctified in Christ Jesus, saints by calling." There again is that calling unto sainthood. You find the same thing in that very chapter down in verse 24, "To those that are the called, both Jews and Greeks, Christ is the power of God and the wisdom of God." So when you see the term call in the New Testament apart from that parable in Matthew 22, it is speaking of a divine sovereign saving call by which God internally awakens the heart to embrace the gospel.
Martin Lloyd Jones used to like to refer to the call as God sovereignly interfering with your life, stepping in. It is the divine act that initiates salvation and brings it to its fulfillment. Ephesians 1, "Paul, an apostle, by the will of God to the saints who are at Ephesus, who are faithful in Christ Jesus."
Who are these people? Down in verse 11, "Who have obtained an inheritance having been predestined according to his purpose who works all things after the counsel of his will." He says, you saints are the people whom God has called to an eternal inheritance based on predestination according to his purpose and he's working everything after the counsel of his will. I mean it's whether he's talking to the Philippians or talking to the Thessalonians the called are always those called to redemption.
Jude, just to see someone other than Paul, "A bond servant of Jesus Christ, brother of James, to those who are the called, beloved of God the Father and kept for Jesus Christ." The called are beloved and are kept.
You can't be saved until you're called. Until God calls you from the dead like Jesus called Lazarus from the dead, you can't be saved because you can't understand the truth, you're dead; you can't understand the truth, you're blind; you're natural and the natural man understands not the things of God. The only way anybody would ever be converted is by this divine call.
Now how does this call come? Romans 10:14, "Faith comes by hearing" the truth concerning Christ, the message of Christ. So first of all the call comes through the Scripture. In I Peter 1, "You have been born again not of seed, which is perishable, I Peter 1:23, but imperishable." That is through the living and abiding word of God. "And this is the word that was preached to you." If salvation is by hearing the word of Christ, Paul said, "How will they hear without a preacher, how will they preach unless they're sent?"
So the call has to come in response to the Scripture. What happens is when the Scripture is proclaimed the Holy Spirit works through that word of God, through that truth. John 16 says, "The Spirit convicts of sin and righteousness of judgment." One of the ministries of the Holy Spirit, of course, is to point to Jesus Christ as our Lord said in the Upper Room discourse with his disciples, "The Spirit is the one who speaks concerning me and leads you into all truth."
A wonderful statement is in the 16th Chapter of Acts in verse 14 about Lydia who was a Gentile woman, a worshipper of God, and Paul was preaching and this is what it says: "The Lord opened her heart to respond." The Lord opened her heart to respond. That's the only way anybody will ever be saved. The only way anybody can come to salvation is if the Lord opens the heart, if the Lord takes off the blindness, if the Lord overpowers the natural misunderstanding, if the Lord gives life to the otherwise dead soul.
So the word comes and with the word comes the Spirit, the Spirit quickens the word, awakens the heart, regeneration takes place, life comes and then in response to that God grants faith, justification, conversion. So who then are these people for whom everything works together for good? They are the people who love God. Why do they love God? Why do they love God, loving also the Lord Jesus Christ? Why do they do that? Because they are the called. God went into the darkness and deadness of their heart and awakened them. That's what the called means.
And so as we think about this wonderful verse we see that the recipients of security are those who love God, that's from our side, and we love him because he first loved us and effected that call, which awakened us. And there are a lot of illustrations about that. You'll see them as you flow through the New Testament, but just know that every time you're reading in the Epistles and you come across the call it's talking about the effectual call that actually produces the transforming work of salvation.
Now what is the source of this? We've seen the extent of it, we've seen the recipients of it, what is the source of this? Asking this question: why does God call certain people? Why does he go into the lives of certain people and interfere, as Lloyd Jones said, and awaken them from the dead? Why? Well let's go back to our verse in Romans 8:28 and it's there. I mean as much as you're going to know is there. This is what it says: "God is causing all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to," what, their merit, their sensitivity, their religious sensibility, their desire? No. "According to his purpose." According to his purpose. All this springs from God.
This is the bottom line. You are saved because God purposed to save you and my friend this is the supreme guarantee of your eternal salvation. The reason you'll never lose your salvation is because God purposed to save you eternally. You didn't save yourself and you can't keep yourself saved. It's not based on your decision and your purpose. It's based on his. This is the supreme guarantee of the believer's security according to his purpose. It would satisfy a lot of people if it said according to your decision, but it doesn't.
In fact, John 1:13 says, "You actually were born spiritually not of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. In fact, left to yourself you would never believe. You never could believe. Some writer wrote, "Why was I made to hear his voice and enter while there's room while thousands make a wretched choice and rather starve than come. It was the same love that spread the feast that sweetly forced me in, else I had still refused to taste and perished in my sin."
This is the incredible reality. Salvation is based upon the sovereign pleasure of God. He purposed it and so he will complete it. Whatever God determines to do he finishes and since he is infinite power he has the ability to sustain his will to its fruition, to its utter completion. So we see the extent then of our security, we see the recipients who are those who love God because they have been called, we see the source of our security his purpose.
There is in this verse another little note: the certainty of our security, as if we needed any more than this, but we need to take a look at it. The certainty of our security. The beginning of the verse, "And we," what's the next word? "And we know." Now if you're a person who believes you can lose your salvation what do you do with that? And we don't know? And we can't know? And we're really not sure, kind of hoping? I mean what does he have to say to make the point? And we know. How do we know? Because the New Testament makes it so absolutely clear, but so does the Old. When you're forgiven in the Old Testament of all your sins Scripture says they're buried in the depths of the deepest sea and removed as far as the east is from the west and God remembers them no more. How do we know? Not my some mystical intuition. We know because of divine revelation. We know, Paul says, and then he launches into the verses all the way to the end of the chapter, which tell us how we know.
And we do know this: God never breaks his word, right? Never comes back empty, always accomplishes what he sends it to do. He said, "I am the Lord, I change not." The gifts and callings of God, Romans 11 are without repentance, he never changes his mind about a calling so it is absolutely certain. Never ever for a moment have to fear the loss of your salvation. You can know because is causing all things that are going on, all things to work together for your, not only your good in time, but your good in eternity because you love him, and you love him because you were called by him, and you were called by him with an effectual saving call because he purposed to do that.
Now what's the purpose of our security? If you're numbering is that five? The purpose of our security. Now there's a lot to be said about this but look at verse 29. "Whom he foreknew he also predestined to become conformed to the image of his son that he might be the firstborn among many brethren." Now you might think that this is a little strange, this is the purpose? Isn't the purpose salvation so we can be in heaven forever and be happy? Isn't the purpose of salvation so we can go to heaven and play a harp and sit on a cloud and be perfect, praise God and all of that? No. That's a side benefit and the purpose of God has a lot of side benefits, but the purpose, the reason God is bringing many sons to glory, the reason God is making sure that everything is working for our eternal good, the reason that God has purposed to save us is verse 29, "to conform us to the image of his Son." It is to make us like Christ.
Now what is Christ like? Well we know that, holy, sinless, sure, undefiled, and he is the God-man. And God has determined that his saving purpose is to make us as much like Christ as is possible. I said to the students at the Bible conference this week, "As much as glorified humanity can approximate incarnate deity we will be like Christ."
Now let me clarify what I'm saying here, what Paul is saying. The goal of the purpose of God was to make you like Christ. You say, "Well in what way are we going to be like Christ?" Well, first of all, when you get to heaven there will be nothing that defiles, right? The end of Revelation makes it clear, nothing unholy, nothing defiling, nothing impure, in heaven there is no sorrow, no sickness, no sighing, no dying, because there is no sin. So you will be sinless. You will not be God and Jesus will always be God, but like Christ you will be without sin. Not only that you will have, as he does, a resurrection glorified body, right? He came out of the grave with a glorified body. He ascended into heaven with a glorified body, Philippians Chapter 3. Look at this Philippians 3:21, "When Christ comes," verse 20, "He will transform the body of our humble state," this body, "into conformity with the body of his glory."
So what are we going to be like in heaven? Well we're going to be like Christ in holiness, like Christ in purity, like Christ in sinless ness and like Christ we will be consumed with what is righteous, and we will be consumed with honoring God and glorifying God and enjoying, and Christ prayed for this in his high priestly prayer, enjoying a perfect love relationship with God, with Christ, with the Spirit, and with each other.
Remember Jesus prayed that we would love him the way the Father loves the Son and the Son loves the Father in John 17. So when we get to heaven we're going to be like Christ in that spiritual part of us, but even in our glorified bodies we're going to be like him. We're going to have a body like unto the body of his glory, like his resurrection body.
You can go back in the New Testament and you can see what his resurrection body was like. He could walk through a wall, rearrange the molecules of that supernatural body and go right through a wall and panic the disciples. He could travel in space. He went from Jerusalem Judea area up into the Galilee, disappeared in one spot, appeared in another spot, without particularly passing through the space in-between. At the same time he could eat, he could drink, he could talk, he could be touched. He had the wounds for Thomas to see and to touch. This is his glorified body. When we get to heaven then in spirit we'll be like Christ. We will be sinless, pure, holy, souls worshipping and serving God and loving one another and God and Christ and Holy Spirit perfectly, and we will have bodies like unto the body of his resurrection glory.
Paul, in wonderful promise, says that we will actually become, verse 17, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ. We will actually share in the inheritance that Jesus receives from the Father. And what is that? Well according to I Corinthians essentially Jesus becomes Lord of everything. The Father literally subjects everything to him, I Corinthians 15 says. Subjects everything to him so that the Father gives the whole new heaven and the new earth, the whole of the eternal state to the Son and we become joint heirs with him. We receive his spiritual virtue as much as glorified humanity can be like incarnate deity, we'll be like him. We'll receive a body like unto his resurrection body and we'll receive an inheritance like that very inheritance, which the Father gives to him. This is what Peter called "Our inheritance incorruptible laid up in heaven for us," in I Peter 1.
You see that word conformed there? To be conformed. It's a word that just means _____ to the same form. It's the very same term used in Philippians 3:21 that we just read. We'll have a body in conformity with the body of his glory. We will be in, and there's the other concept, we will be in the image of his Son, the icon. It refers to a derived likeness, not an accidental one, as a statue might be made to replicate, or as a son who is the spitting image of his father. Because we belong to him we will be conformed to him.
In II Corinthians 3, we find a further insight to this in verse 18, "As we behold as in a mirror the glory of the Lord we are being transformed into the same image from one level of glory to the next by the Holy Spirit." This is an amazing thing. As Christians living now, the more you gaze at Christ, the more you focus on him, the more you spend time with him, the more you absorb the glory of Christ through the revealed word of Christ, the more you are imperceptibly being transformed into his image.
When a man is fully discipled he's like his teacher. That's true even humanly and as you spend time with Christ just being exposed to his glory the Spirit of God literally conforms you into his image from glory to glory, moving from one level of glory to the next. Well that goes on in this world and someday when we enter into heaven and are exposed to the fullness of his undiminished glory, we will immediately be transformed into that fullness of glory.
Now you see this is the whole point of God' plan. It isn't primarily about us. It is primarily about his Son. Now listen carefully because here's the point. The reason God is redeeming us, Paul says, is because he wants to give to the Son a redeemed humanity who can reflect his glory. This is a grandiose thing. We didn't just trip along one day and say, "I think I'm smart enough to become a Christian." This wasn't your deal. This is God's plan and he moves into history and he calls with an effectual calling and he awakens the dead and blind soul and the Spirit comes and converses a conviction of sin and then the Spirit produces repentance and then God grants faith, and then comes justification, and then there is that transformation that conversion that we call salvation and the soul is flooded with new life, and then there is sanctification by which we are initially separated from sin and continually being separated until the end when we will be glorified.
And what is this about? It is that God determined that he wanted to give to his Son a bride, as I have said so many times, a redeemed humanity who would reflect his glory. Imitation is the supreme compliment. It's the supreme compliment to imitate someone and people do that with their heroes. Little kids run around with the jersey numbers of their athletic heroes. We all understand that. I was kidding the people at Dr. Creswell's funeral because all the preachers who came up and preached sounded just like him. And I don't think they even realized it. But because they revered him and adored him and loved him they all developed the same little inflections and same little mannerisms. And he being dead speaks through them all, hundreds of them, who are a reflection of what he was.
And this is, in a meager sense, what we're talking about, the ultimate compliment to the Son, the ultimate expression of the Father's love to the Son is that I love you so much that I want to put your glory on display in a manifold way so I'm going to purpose to bring to glory a redeemed humanity who will reflect your glory by being conformed to your image both in terms of soul and glorified body. And then he says, this is done, the end of verse 29, that Jesus Christ might be the firstborn among many brethren.
Now this is the end. This is the goal and it's not about us, it's about him. The goal of this all is to conform us to Christ's image. You say for our sake? No for his sake that he might be the chief one. You can't be the chief one if there's nobody else. All right? If it's only you you're not the chief 'cause there's nobody to rule over, there's nobody to lead, and there's nobody around to honor you and respect you and serve you and revere you. Well the Father says, "That's not appropriate. The Son is so magnificent, the eternal Son of God is so all glorious that the Son needs to have an entire redeemed humanity whose purpose for ever and ever is to do nothing but recognize him as the chief one."
So the Father then determines to redeem this humanity in order that forever the Lord Jesus Christ in his exalted glory in heaven will be considered to be the preeminent one, but there has to be somebody there to acknowledge that preeminence. And the Father deemed it suitable that there be that redeemed humanity who would forever recognize the preeminence of Christ.
The word firstborn here isn't talking about chronological birth. It's a term in the Greek protodicos, it means the premier one, it means the right of primogenitor, the firstborn was not always the first one born, but the person who received the highest inheritance.
And so, what is the ultimate purpose of our salvation? The ultimate purpose of our salvation is that the Lord Jesus Christ might have gathered around him, reflecting his glory, a redeemed humanity whose purpose it is to realize that he is the preeminent one. So what are we going to do forever in glory? We're going to be acknowledging that Jesus Christ is preeminent. And to put it in words of Philippians Chapter 2, every knee is going to bow, and every tongue is going to confess that Jesus is Lord forever. And that is everybody one the earth and under the earth, everybody, so that the end of salvation or the goal is the glory of the Son.
Now understand this: whatever, very important to understand, whatever the end result of God's plan was the initial intention of that plan, right? However it ends up is the way he designed it because there isn't any possibility of an interruption. Whatever God purposes to do, Isaiah says, he does it and nobody can stop it. And the Father purposed to call effectually unto justification and sanctification a redeemed humanity who would some day take on the very image of Jesus Christ and would forever gather around Jesus Christ to give him the preeminence. And so we would see a glimpse of this in the 5th Chapter of Revelation as we see the saints around the altar and what are they saying? Worthy is the lamb and that's what we're going to be saying forever and ever and ever. We are going to be the eternal hallelujah chorus.
Well, the preeminence of Christ then is the reason for salvation and so verse 30 concludes, that whoever God predestined in the first place, he called, and whoever called he justified, declared righteous by the merits of Christ, and whoever he justified these he also, what? Glorified. Nobody falls through the cracks, folks. That's why Jesus in John 6 says, "All the Father gives me will come to me and I'll lose none of them. I'll raise them up on the last day." I don't know why anybody wouldn't want to believe this since it's in the Bible. It's so clear. I'm always happy to tell Armenians, that's a theological term for people who don't believe their salvation is secure, that I know it's secure and God knows it secure and it's pretty silly for them not to. If you're going to worry about something worry about a reality not a fantasy.
I mean how can you get around verse 30? Whoever he predestined, whoever he purposed, whoever was in his original purpose was in his original purpose to be conformed to the image of his Son so that forever his Son would be given the preeminence by those very people. And if God determined in eternity past in his counsel, unaffected and unfluenced, God determined that he was going to save a humanity, wrote their names in the Lambs Book of Life before the foundation of the world, if God determined to do that and his purpose of his doing that was to bring them to glory where they would forever give Christ the preeminence then believe me that's what he's going to do. And when time comes he will call those people whom he has predestined, he will justify them and finally he will glorify them because that's his purpose and whatever is the end result was the original intention because God's plans don't change. He said, "I am the Lord and I change not. No one can thwart my purpose."
Now do you feel a little more secure? You're not secure because you're somehow not managing your life in such a way as to sustain some merit before God, which keeps you safe. You couldn't anymore keep yourself safe than you could save yourself. You can live your whole Christian life for suppose fifty, sixty, seventy years if you want and you will have acquired zero merit to contribute toward your glorification.
So if you think there's some way that you even hold on to your salvation you've got something coming. You couldn't get it and you can't keep it. But then again you don't need to because it is in the attention of God by his purpose to save you and sustain you. That doesn't mean you don't get involved. Let's go back to what we said last week. The people who are the predestined, the called and the justified and the glorified are those who love God. That's what happened in our hearts when the Spirit of God came and awakened us. He gave to us a love for God. We don't love him the way we should, but we love him. That's not the perfection of our lives, but it's the direction of our lives. And so this amazing and wonderful account of salvation God foreknew it says in verse 29, somebody says, wow, there's the key, he looked down in history and he foreknew what was going to happen, he saw what was going to happen. That's not what that means. You mean God looked down and saw all these people acting independently? No. That's not what that means. It means he determined beforehand is what it means.
Let me tell you about the word know. In the Old Testament it says Cain knew his wife and she had a son. What kind of knowing is that? Doesn't mean he knew who she was. He knew his wife. It's the most intimate relationship in human existence. He knew his wife and she had a son. And the shock was that Mary was pregnant and Joseph had never known her. In Amos 3:2 God says, "Israel only have I known." Does he mean that they're the only people he knows anything about? No. The word know has something completely different than that in its significance. Jesus said, "My sheep hear my voice and I know them." What do you mean? It's an intimacy of the relationship. God predetermined intimacy. That's foreknowing. On the basis of that he predestined people to be called, to be justified, to be glorified and he works it out.
There's no way that God could look down through history and just see who was going to believe. Do you know who would believe? Nobody. No one. Why? Because no one has the ability. You're dead. You're blind. So if God was just looking down to see who was going to believe there wouldn't be anybody believing. Couldn't be anybody, so he predetermined a love relationship upon which he predestined a pattern, moved into history, called, justified, and someday he will glorify. And all of this is not so much about you. It really isn't. I'll tell you what. It's about Jesus, isn't it? But I'm so glad to be in on it. It's about us forever gathering around him and giving to him the absolute preeminence. The Lord set out to do this plan, beloved, he'll do it. Nothing will change it. So if he's called you and justified you, you tell me will he glorify you? Absolutely. So in personal sense we're secure. Now next week I want to bounce out of this and just take you through verses 32 to 39 for a last look at this eminence section of Scripture on if God is for us who can be against us.
Thank you Lord for a wonderful day in your presence, a wonderful of fellowship and joy and rejoicing. Singing your praise, wonderful instruction from your precious word. How profoundly rich we are to know these great truths and we confess that we are utterly unworthy. Since we have been called and justified achieved no worthiness and shall never and that is why Peter said, "Fix your hope on the grace to be revealed at the revelation of Jesus Christ." Because not only was our justification by grace and our sanctification by grace, but our glorification will be all of grace. What a wonder that is that you have chosen us and that you keep us. You are the one who is able to keep us from falling and to present us one day before your throne. And we rejoice in Christ's name. Amen.
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10 Reasons to Eat Organically—and LocallyBy Steve Edwards
"Think globally, act locally" isn't just for bumper stickers anymore. This grassroots politics–type slogan has become an important way of thinking about where your next meal should come from. But the implications here are far more than political. Buying local—as well as organic—foods allows you to protect your family by feeding them in the safest way possible. Here are 10 reasons to add "visit the local farmers' market" to the top of your to-do list each week.
- Local foods are safer. Or at least you can find out if they are. Organic food standards are high, but there are still companies out there attempting to cloud the rules. When you buy locally, it's easier to check out what you're buying, and you won't have to hire Magnum, P.I., to do it. The great thing about local media is that they love to cover this stuff. If for any reason a local farm is mixed up in nefarious activities, there's a good chance your paper has a reporter dreaming of a gig at The New York Times who'll be on the job for you. Even if this isn't the case, you can be inquisitive at the farmers' markets—you'll be surprised how quickly you can get up to date on the local scoop. Farmers who adhere to a strict code of ethics love to talk about others who do, and those who don't.
- Organic foods are safer. Organic certification standards are the public's assurance that their food and products have been grown and handled according to sustainable procedures, without toxic, synthetic, irradiated, or genetically modified elements, including chemical fertilizers, pesticides, antibiotics, and other additives. At least that's what the law says. But even though many companies still cheat the system, most of them play by the rules. These rules are in place to help both soil longevity and the health and safety of the consumer. Many Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)-approved pesticides were registered long before extensive research linked these chemicals to cancer and other diseases. Now, the EPA considers 60 percent of all herbicides, 90 percent of all fungicides, and 30 percent of all insecticides, none of which meet organic criteria, to potentially cause cancer. You can't always be certain you're getting safe food, but eating organic foods stacks the odds in your favor.
- Organic food tastes better. Many people would be amazed to taste the difference between garden-grown fruits and vegetables (and wild meat) and the offerings you find down at your local mega-grocery-mart. The main reason for this disparity has to do with something called trophic levels, which is determined by where plants and animals fall on the food chain. When food—even natural food—is manufactured, as when plants are grown in poor soil with some added nutrients, or animals are raised using drugs and a nonnative diet, their physiological chemistry is altered. This doesn't just change their nutrient content—it changes the way they taste.
- Organic food is more nutritious—which stands to reason, based on the whole trophic levels thing. When soils are depleted and then fertilized, only certain nutrients are added with fertilizers. This results in the loss of many of the plants' original phytonutrients. While these lost phytonutrients aren't necessarily a major component of any individual plant, they add up in your diet and become a major component of who you are. This lack of phytonutrients in the plants in our diets has a lot to do with many modern-day maladies. With regards to meat, it's basically the same story. Animals that are fed a poor diet are, as you might imagine, less healthy to eat, because they're also missing out on essential nutrients thanks to the trophic level paradigm—just like you are.
- You won't have to eat genetically modified organisms (GMOs). A GMO is a plant, animal, or microorganism whose genetic sequence has been modified to introduce genes from another species. Because the long-term impact of GMOs on our health isn't known yet, they're forbidden by the Soil Association Standards for Organic Food and Farming. Furthermore, in order to qualify as organic, animals can't be fed GMOs, nor can they be fed antibiotics, added hormones, or other drugs. It is not currently required, however, that GMOs be mentioned on food labels, so it's very likely that anything not certified organic contains some GMO ingredients.
- Your drinking water will be safer. The EPA estimates that pesticides contaminate groundwater in 38 states, polluting the primary source of drinking water for more than half the country's population. Because organic farmers practice water conservation and don't use toxic chemicals that leach into your groundwater, organic farming leads to less waste intrusion into our aquifers, which helps keep your drinking water healthier.
- Your kids will be healthier. The toxicity of pesticide residue is determined not only by the chemicals used, but by our body weight in relation to how much we consume. This means that your children are even more at risk than you are. It's estimated that the average child receives four times more exposure than the average adult to at least eight widely used cancer-causing pesticides in food. To try and minimize this risk, buy organic, but also make sure that your family eats a wide variety of foods.
- To help farmers and farm communities. It's estimated that the U.S. has lost more than 650,000 family farms since 1990. The USDA estimates that half of the U.S. farm production comes from only 1 percent of farms. Organic farming may be one of the few survival tactics left for the family farm and rural communities. The majority of organic farms are still small-scale operations, generally on fewer than 100 acres, and using an average of 70 percent less energy. Small farms use far more sustainable and environmentally friendly practices than large-scale farms do. For example, small farms use manure to fertilize soil, naturally recycling it to keep the land productive.
Industrial farms produce so much manure that it's a human health risk. The overspill of manure has contaminated water wells with E. coli and other pathogens. This brings up another subject: Industrial farms still—though now illegally—feed animals the ground-up remnants of other animals that aren't naturally part of their diet. This has led to pathogens like E. coli getting into our foods in the first place.
Furthermore, farm workers are much safer on small farms. A National Cancer Institute study found that farmers exposed to herbicides had six times more risk of contracting cancer than nonfarmers did. Due to their direct exposure, field workers on conventional farms are the most vulnerable to illness as a result of pesticide use. Organic farms eliminate that risk by eliminating harmful pesticides and other chemical inputs from their practices.
- For more humane treatment of animals. Factory farms treat animals like commodities. They are usually kept in tightly confined pens or cages and often never move more than a few feet for their entire lives. They are also fed the cheapest foods available, no matter how it affects their—and then our—health. Besides the fact that a host of illnesses have entered our world as a direct result of this practice, it's also just not nice. Animals on organic farms are far likelier to be raised without cruelty. They are also fed a diet much closer to what they would eat naturally, and studies tell us—surprise!—that these animals tend to be significantly healthier than their factory-raised counterparts.
- To promote a vibrant economy. Organic products only seem more expensive because people base their cost on their sticker price alone. However, retail price represents a mere fraction of their true cost. Market prices for conventionally grown foods don't reflect the costs of federal subsidies to conventional agriculture, the cost of contaminated drinking water, loss of wildlife habitat and soil erosion, or the cost of the disposal and cleanup of hazardous wastes generated by the manufacturing of pesticides. Compared to local farms, there's also transportation—and the pollutants that result from it—to consider. All of this means that essentially, you can pay now or pay later—just remember that you're going to be charged interest, mainly in the form of a socially and ecologically diminished world to live in.
What if you can't find organic food? One of our members, who lives in a rural area, went to her local market and requested healthier options. Now the store owner can't keep them on the shelf. You can, with a little initiative, make a difference. After all, retail stores are in business to serve you. If this doesn't work, hit the Internet. Since "organic" is the current buzzword of the food industry, there will be options. And of course there's always your local farmers' market.
For more information on organic and local produce, check out the Web site for the Organic Trade Association, or type "Community Supported Agriculture" into your favorite search engine.
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10 Vegetarian Sources of ProteinBy Joe Wilkes
Anyone who's read the latest studies about high-protein diets knows that we need to get a substantial amount of protein in our diets—about a third of a gram for every pound of body weight. Meat provides one of our best and most readily available sources of protein, but there are a lot of good reasons to think about cutting back or cutting out our consumption of animal products to satisfy our protein needs.
Aside from the obvious animal-rights issues, there are several economic and environmental considerations to consider. The USDA estimates that it takes roughly 16 pounds of grain to make one pound of beef. When you consider that one-third of the world's population is classified by the World Health Organization as starving, it's easy to see where some of that grain could be put to better use. Beef production also impacts the ecosystem, from the clear-cutting of rainforests for grazing to water pollution to methane emissions, which contribute to greenhouse gases. And the cost of meat to your personal health is also significant. Although packed with protein, many meat choices contain high levels of saturated fats, the overconsumption of which can lead to heart disease and cancer.
At any rate, this article isn't intended to be a polemic about the benefits of vegetarian living. Picking up a book like Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation or Michael Pollan's The Omnivore's Dilemma, not to mention any of the vast Internet resources available on the subject, might convince you to replace meat with an alternative protein source a couple of meals a week.
One challenge in going vegetarian is finding enough "high-quality" protein. High-quality protein is defined as protein that contains all eight of the essential amino acids: isoleucine, leucine, lysine, methionine, phenylalanine, threonine, tryptophan, and valine. Most meat sources have all of the amino acids in one place. Plant sources usually have some of the acids, but not all in one place. So the key is combining foods to get a full complement of amino acids. Here are some of the top ways to get your proteins sans meat. (Vegans, skip to #3, and keep in mind that #7 uses egg whites as a binder). We'll omit soy for the time being—it has its own set of conundrums and contradictions.
- Eggs. Egg protein is commonly referred to as a "perfect protein," because it contains all eight essential amino acids. There's a reason Rocky drank eggs during training; they contribute greatly to muscle recovery. One egg contains 6 grams of protein, with only 80 calories and 5 grams of fat. It also contains more than 200 milligrams of dietary cholesterol, which is high, but dietary cholesterol isn't the same thing as blood cholesterol. In fact, some eggs are now produced with high levels of omega-3s (achieved by adding fatty-acid-rich seeds to the hens' diets), which can actually aid in the lowering of blood cholesterol levels.
- Dairy. One cup of 2 percent milk contains 8 grams of protein, only 5 grams of fat (3 of which are saturated), and about 120 calories. Switch to skim milk and you get just as much protein, no fat, and 30 percent fewer calories. An ounce of Swiss cheese also has 8 grams of protein, 8 grams of fat (with 5 grams saturated) and a little over 100 calories. Nonfat yogurt may be your best dairy option: 8 ounces has 14 grams of protein and only 137 calories. Or try cottage cheese, which boasts 28 grams of protein in one cup. Many dairy products still have the same saturated-fat issues as meat, and not all people can tolerate dairy well; a not-inconsiderable percentage of the population is either lactose-intolerant or allergic to dairy.
- Legumes. You probably already know some of the great health benefits of legumes. Not only are they high in fiber, they're high in protein, too. A cup of chickpeas has about 17 grams of protein, while a cup of lentils has about 16 and a tablespoon of peanut butter has about 4. Some people blame beans for intestinal distress. It actually isn't the fiber in the beans that causes gas, but a sugar that requires an enzyme (which humans lack) to help digest it. When soaking beans, add a pinch of baking soda to the water. It'll help leach this sugar out of the beans, making you less gassy after eating them. Also, to avoid the sugar, don't cook the beans in the water you soaked them in. Another cautionary measure is that if you weren't much of a bean eater before, introduce them into your diet slowly to give your system time to get used to them.
- Grains. Usually we think of grains as carbs, but when we're talking grains, they actually have a fair amount of protein. A cup of barley, for example, contains almost 20 grams of protein. A cup of buckwheat flour contains 15 grams of protein. A cup of couscous (dry) contains 22 grams of protein. A cup of oats for oatmeal provides you with 13 grams of protein. If you always choose whole-grain varieties of your favorite grains, you'll get most of your recommended daily allowance (RDA)* of fiber as well. But carb-watchers should beware; whole grains are the "carbiest" of the protein sources available.
- Nuts and seeds. The mighty almond, which also has the most fiber per ounce of any of the common nuts, also has the most protein—6 grams per ounce. Almonds do have 16 grams of fat per ounce, but only one gram is the unhealthy saturated kind. Pumpkin seeds, or pepitas, have 7 grams of protein per ounce (about 140 seeds) with 13 grams of fat (2 grams saturated). Other seeds, like sunflower and flax, are also good sources of protein, with about 5 grams per ounce.
- Seitan. Seitan is a meat substitute made from processed wheat gluten. Popular for centuries in Asia, it has gained in popularity in America in the past few decades, but is still largely only available in health food markets. It's not very flavorful, which makes it an ideal ingredient for replacing meat in any dish—it will assume the flavor of the sauce or spices you use. Many Asian dishes use it as mock pork, chicken, or beef. Just 3 ounces of seitan contain 20 grams of protein, almost twice as much as steak, and only 130 calories and 2 grams of fat. Try it in a stir-fry—you might fool your family!
- Quorn®. Quorn is the most well-known brand name of a fungus-based protein source that has only been available commercially since 1985. Quorn is processed into different forms and flavors, like hot dogs, burgers, and faux chicken nuggets. Three ounces of Quorn, depending on how it's prepared, can have 10 to 16 grams of protein, with low fat and calorie contents. As with seitan and other meat substitutes, you should keep an eye on the sodium content; salt is usually the go-to ingredient when attempting to disguise a meat substitute's origins. Also, there have been some reports of people having allergic reactions to Quorn, so it may be worth checking with your doctor to see if you're sensitive to it.
- Nutritional yeast. Nutritional yeast can be used as an additive in a variety of recipes. It's very popular in Europe and Australia, and is gaining popularity in America. It has a slightly cheesy flavor and can be added to shakes, soups, and sauces, or used as a substitute for Parmesan cheese or as a popcorn or garlic-bread topping. It's especially rich in B vitamins. A two-tablespoon serving has 8 grams of protein (and is a complete protein, containing all amino acids), only one gram of unsaturated fat, and 50 calories.
- Spirulina. Also known as blue-green algae, this has been a food source for centuries in Africa and South America. It has a lot of vitamins and minerals and is a complete protein. One ounce of dried spirulina contains 16 grams of protein, only 2 grams of fat, and 81 calories. Algae aren't the most appetizing foodstuffs, and much of spirulina is consumed in pill form or mixed into super-green drinks (like Shakeology®). But it can also be used powdered or fresh in dips, salads, and sauces. Take a look at Internet message boards and Web sites, where enthusiasts post lots of recipe ideas.
- Amaranth and quinoa. These are often referred to as "pseudograins." Both are actually seeds but are similar to grains in texture and flavor. Both are complete proteins, containing all eight essential amino acids, and have high levels of fiber and minerals. Amaranth can be used as flour, puffed into breakfast cereal, or cooked into soups and stir-frys. One ounce has 4 grams of protein, 2 grams of fat, and 105 calories. Quinoa can also be used for breakfast cereal, and, when boiled, makes an excellent substitute for rice or couscous. One cup of cooked quinoa contains 8 grams of protein, 4 grams of fat, and 222 calories.
Another way of getting extra nonmeat protein in your diet is with Shakeology, Beachbody's delicious meal replacement shake. Available in Chocolate and Greenberry flavors, Shakeology packs 17 grams of protein per serving and is great either in place of a meal or as a snack. And of course I'd be remiss if I didn't mention Beachbody® Whey Protein Powder. With 18 grams of protein in every scoop, and available in chocolate and vanilla flavors, it's a great addition to your health shake, containing the highest concentration of branched-chain amino acids—critical for muscle development—of any protein source. Additionally, if you're thinking of cutting back on fish in your diet, you might want to consider adding a decent omega-3 supplement to your regimen.
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The Ins and Outs of Organic Food
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Recipe: Vegetable Minestrone with White BeansBy Kathy Smith, creator of Kathy Smith's Project:YOU! Type 2®
With 9 grams of protein and 10 grams of fiber per serving, this soup is rich, hearty, healthy . . . and vegan! Just the thing to help you make it through the last few remaining weeks of winter (if you can trust that Pennsylvanian rodent's prognosticative powers).
- 2 cups precooked white beans
- 1 medium yellow onion, peeled and diced into medium pieces
- 1 medium carrot, peeled and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 4 medium stalks celery, cleaned and cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 6 to 12 cloves garlic, peeled and trimmed of root ends
- 1 cup cubed squash
- 4 cups spinach (or any preferred greens)
- 2 medium potatoes, peeled and diced into 1-inch cubes
- 8 cups (64 oz.) vegetable stock or broth**
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley
- Salt, pepper, and Italian herbs (to taste)
Heat stock. In a separate large soup pot, heat olive oil. Add carrots, onions, celery, garlic, and potatoes. Sauté for 10 minutes, stirring frequently. Add greens and sauté for 5 minutes, then add white beans, parsley, and squash and season lightly. Add hot stock, bring to a boil, then reduce heat and simmer for 30 to 45 minutes until vegetables are fork-tender but still retain their shape. Adjust seasonings. Serves 6.
**For thinner consistency, add more water and simmer an additional 10 minutes.
Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 to 40 minutes
|Nutritional Information (per serving)
|Fat Total
|Saturated Fat
|9 grams
|8 grams
|42 grams
|9 grams
|1 gram
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Death of Cockeysville native, Va. lacrosse player Yeardley Love
Members of the Virginia women's lacrosse team, including coach Julie Myers, second from right, mourn Yeardley Love during a memorial service at the school in Charlottesville, Va. According to police, the Cockeysville native's former boyfriend kicked a hole in her bedroom door near the University of Virginia campus, then left the 22-year-old lacrosse player lying dead in a pool of blood on her pillow. George Huguely, the fellow Virginia student charged with first-degree murder in her death, told police that they had an altercation, search warrant affidavits say, and that he "shook Love and her head repeatedly hit the wall." Huguely's defense attorney, Francis Lawrence, said Love's death was "an accident with a tragic outcome." Huguely, who is from Chevy Chase and was a member of the men's lacrosse team, said little in a brief court appearance May 4. On a day when reflection mixed with disbelief and shock on the campus, news emerged of a 2008 incident in Lexington, Va., in which Huguely was charged with public drunkenness and resisting arrest. After he was seen stumbling drunkenly into traffic during a fraternity party, Huguely threatened a Lexington police officer in what she termed as a profanity-laced tirade. "He used colorful statements such as, 'I'll kill all you bitches, y'all are a bunch of (expletive)...." Patrolwoman R.L. Moss said in a written statement, adding that Huguely continued to resist arrest and had to be Tasered before Moss could apply handcuffs.
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I recently stumbled on the beautiful photography of Brooke Schwab and my first thought was, "why doesn't she live closer!??!" I love her work, especially from these mini sessions. all that white space, all those happy kids! {I even spy sweet Ory!}
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Hope head football coach Dean Kreps and his coaching staff are joining a national effort to find a cure for Duchenne muscular dystrophy, the most common fatal childhood genetic disorder.
Kreps and his assistant coaches will wear the patch "Coach To Cure M-D" on their arms during Saturday's game at Illinois Wesleyan. They are joining thousands of college football coaches across the United States doing so this week.
"My staff and I are honored to be part of the national campaign 'Coach to Cure MD'," Kreps said. There is a unique connection between Duchenne, a disorder that robs young men of precious muscle strength and college football, a game where young men are at the peak of their muscle strength. We are proud to help raise national awareness of this disorder and we hope to help raise money to fund research for a cure.
The American Football Coaches Association is working to raise awareness and research funding to combat the disease.
Fans can join the AFCA's drive by either donating online at CoachToCureMD.org or text the word "CURE" to 9099 to donate $5 on your next mobile phone bill.
The Duchenne gene is found on the X-chromosome so it primarily impacts boys. Approximately one in every 3,500 live male births are born with it.
Duchenne is a progressive muscle disorder that causes loss of muscle function and independence. To date, there is no cure, and live expectancy is just in the 20s.
In 2012, more than 10,000 college football coaches at a record 580 different institutions took part in "Coach To Cure MD" events.
"The AFCA membership has enthusiastically embraced Coach To Cure MD," said Grant Teaff, executive director of the AFCA and former Baylor University football coach "We are proud of the commitment shown at all levels of competition to help raise funding for such an important cause."


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A record number of the area's players start their collegiate soccer careers this month.
We count at least 14 who have joined various programs in 2012, ranging from NCAA Division I, II and III through to NAIA and NJCAA levels.
Floyd Central girls' graduates account for a large chunk of those carrying on their soccer careers, with no fewer than six playing college ball this fall.
One of them, Loryn Queen, has already gotten off to a flyer, scoring in her very first game for Division I outfit University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
In the Lady Mocs' 6-0 win over cross-town rival Tennessee Temple last week, Queen started off her college career in midfield, where she chipped in with an assist, before scoring when moved up front.
"I am loving it so far," said Queen, who was leading scorer for the Highlanders last year with 16 goals. "It's a great challenge and it has pushed me to become more mature with the game. The coaches and upperclassmen have made being away from home much easier."
It also helps that her old Javanon club teammate Logan Higgins from Assumption joins her on the program, while on the academic side, having a great physical therapy course was a great pull.
"And after visiting the school, I chose UTC because of the beautiful campus, the coaches and the players. They were all so welcoming I felt right at home," said Queen.
Casey Marlin, Providence's all-time highest career scorer with 95 goals, has chosen to study and play soccer at Lenoir-Rhyne University, located in Hickory, North Carolina.
The program, part of the South Atlantic Conference, is coming off back-to-back regular-season championships, as well and subsequent berths in the NCAA Division II national tournament.
The Bears are ranked ninth in the country preseason and much is expected of the team under new coach Cally Morrill.
Marlin said Lenoir-Rhyne, while having a successful soccer program, also has a sense of community that appealed to her.
"I think it is a challenge to be seven hours away from home with people I don't know in an area I'm not familiar with, but I think it will be a great growing and learning experience," she said.
Marlin will once again wear the No. 10 jersey she so successfully adorned during high school — a career which culminated in an Indiana Class A State championship with the Pioneers.
She said she believes the experience has really helped her thus far in what has been a rigorous preseason.
"It's probably the hardest I've ever worked in my life but it'll pay off," she said. "I do think college is tougher because there is much more time put into it and it is a higher level of playing, but I'd say I'm prepared for it thanks to my experiences with Providence."
The Bears' first game will see them take on Georgia College in the Lenoir Rhyne Classic on Friday, August 31.
Also starting its fall campaign on Friday is NCAA Division III outfit Transylvania University, ranked No. 1 in preseason polls to repeat its 2011 feat of finishing atop the Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Amongst the Pioneers' new recruits are Nick Blackwell (New Albany) and Brett Bass (Providence).
Blackwell, who plays with two-time national league runner-up and six-time state champion Javanon '94, follows in the footsteps of Bulldog brothers Matt and Nick Karaffa, who both played with Transy.
"I am most thankful about getting an opportunity to play in college because it was always one of my goals to play college soccer and I am truly blessed to have this chance," he said.
Blackwell said he chose Transylvania as it is a good blend of soccer and academics that will help him pursue his goals in life, one of which is coaching.
"I have taken part in coaching the New Albany boys' team this summer with Dutch Vigar and Dietrich Rudolph, and while attending Transy, the players can help coach club at Lexington FC, which is a great way for me to help further my coaching career and help build a foundation for it."
Bass, meanwhile, plays club soccer with United 1996, will become the second Providence defender to play with the Transylvania, the other having been Ryan Sparks.
Like many who have played at Transy, coach Brandon Bowman — now in his 10th year at the Lexington college — was a factor when Bass was choosing where to go.
"I met with Coach Bowman and really enjoyed my visit and loved the campus," said Bass. "Transy has consistently been strong in soccer year after year under him and that influenced my decision.
"There are a lot of juniors here with a lot of experience and it's been challenging as the game is faster. It's nice also having other freshmen I know like Nick Blackwell and some United teammates here."
The Pioneers' first game is against Berea College at the Little Caesar's College Showcase in Lexington on Friday, August 31.
Starting their collegiate soccer careers…
Brett Bass (Providence/Transylvania, Lexington, Ky.); Nick Blackwell (New Albany/Transylvania, Lexington, Ky.); Danny Laird (Floyd Central/Northern Kentucky, Ky.); Caleb Moore (Christian Academy of Indiana/Huntington, Ind.); Chris Smith (Christian Academy of Indiana/Huntington, Ind.); Gabe Stewart (St Xavier, Henryville native/Lipscomb, Nashville, Tenn.); Rebekah Burgan (Floyd Central & Jeffersonville/Parkland College, Ill.); Lauren Haley (Floyd Central/Ohio University, Ohio); Cassie Holland (Floyd Central/Asbury, Ky.); Casey Marlin (Providence/Lenoir-Rhyne, Hickory, N.C.); Taylor Patty (Floyd Central/Southern Indiana, Evansville, Ind.); Alysen Shireman (Floyd Central, 2011 graduate, first year at Campbellsville University, Ky.). Loryn Queen (Floyd Central/University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Tenn.); Ashley Walls (Christian Academy of Indiana, 2011 graduate, first year at Asbury, Ky.)


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How to Do Warrior 1 Pose
Strike a Yoga Pose: Warrior 1
All you runners and skiers out there are going to love Warrior 1. Not only does it strengthen your quads to build your endurance, but it helps to open your tight hips. This pose may seem easy at first, but work on holding it as long as you can to reap the benefits.
Sanskrit Name: Virabhadrasana 1
English Translation: Warrior 1
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- Begin in Downward Facing Dog, with both hands and feet pressed firmly into the floor.
- Then step your right foot forward between your hands. Turn your left heel in, press into your feet, and lift your torso up. You want your right foot to be slightly to the right of the center of your mat (not directly in front of your left heel). With this positioning, your hips can be parallel with the front of your mat. You can place your hands on your hips, and gently direct your right hip back and your left hip forward. This is called squaring your hips.
- Once your hips are square, lift your arms up, and press your palms together. Draw your shoulder blades down towards your hips and gaze up toward your hands.
- Stay here for five breaths. Then come back to Downward Facing Dog, step your left foot forward and do Warrior 1 on the other side.