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JUNE 2018 COMPLIMENTARY
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SHANE HALE
from Baseball
to Blogging
Father’s Day
Gift Ideas
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F rom th e P u bli s h e r
A Father’s Sacrificial Love
Chef Lucy Greer Dave Ramsey
Shane Hale Barbara Tako
Darrell Holcombe Father’s Day is a celebration of “Dad” - the special man in our life. Fathers have always provided guidance and
protection over the household, and they are respected and loved for those roles within the family circle. A father
sacrifices his time and hard work to provide for his family and is fully engaged in the well-being of his children. I
Art Director: Hope Chastain, HbcDesigns came across this precious poem that truly defines a “Dad”:
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What Makes A Dad?
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of this magazine does not constitute an endorsement of The joy of a morning in spring,
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Bay Area Christian Family do not necessarily represent The patience of eternity,
those of the publisher. Every effort has been made by The depth of a family need,
Bay Area Christian Family staff to insure accuracy of the Then God combined these qualities,
publication contents. However, we do not guarantee the
And then there was nothing more to add,
accuracy of all information nor the absence of errors
and omissions; hence, no responsibility can be or is He knew His masterpiece was complete,
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Publishing Inc. Unless otherwise noted, scripture taken ~ author unknown
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yright 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society. Encourage your child to write a special message to their father this Father’s Day to show their appreciation and
Used by permission of International Bible Society. love for all the wonderful things that a daddy provides day in and day out. Remember, a dad cannot have enough
ties, so be sure to add another to his collection this Father’s Day.
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June 2018 Con ten ts
Volume 9, Number 11
DEPARTMENTS
3 From the Publisher
• A Father’s Sacrificial Love
6 Great Outdoors
• Dad and the Outdoors
ON THE COVER 14 9 Are We There Yet?
As Christians we are to be vessels • Splash Into Summer
through which Christ’s message is deliv-
ered to those around us. Former South 10 Best Books
• Always Fall Forward
Alabama and Baltimore Orioles baseball
player, Shane Hale’s blog is simply a 11 Encouraging Word
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• Life is Not Fair
12 Money Matters
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6,10 Father’s Day Gift Ideas 17 Senior Scene
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ideas for Father’s Day.
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knives. Particularly popular is the William Henry
bracelet made from leather and forged damascus
Play it Safe. Shirts with sun protection are a great steel and accented with gem stones ($400).
gift for the dad who spends anytime outdoors.
Mark’s has sizes ranging from small to 3x in great Besides remembering your Dad with a gift this
colors and styles from the top men’s sportswear Father’s Day, most importantly, we hope you will
brands including Mojo, Simms, and AFTCO. have the opportunity to spend some time with your
Dad- if at all possible, in God’s great outdoors.
Keep it Cool. Out in the Alabama summer heat, Enjoy Function, Style & Craftsmanship. Mark’s
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Orca coolers are also available in 26-58 quart sizes design and price. In stock selections include brands
and each comes with a lifetime warranty. Mark’s like William Henry ($350-$2200 range) and Chris
also offers both Orca and Yeti beverage options Reeve ($400-$500 range). Besides knives, the Wil-
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B e st B ooks
Always Fall Forward
I love to watch a great game, especial-
ly if a team I favor is winning against
a superior opponent. Tell me who the
under-dog is, and I'll cheer them on
like the most ardent alumni. Even so,
I've never really understood why an-
yone would want to play high school
or collegiate football. If I'm going to
work that hard and give up that much
time for something, I want to get paid
for it. I also want to come home with
my bones intact.
Todd Gerelds knows why so many
young men play football. It's love.
Some guys were simply born to play
the game. The same applies
to great coaches. In his new
book, Always Fall Forward Alabama author
(Tyndale, $17.99), Gerelds Todd Gerelds’ latest
offers fifty-two life lessons book is a great
he learned from his father, gift idea for a new
Coach Tandy Gerelds. Todd graduate or for dad
Gerelds first wrote about his on Father’s Day.
dad in his book, Woodlawn,
which became a major mo-
tion picture recounting the
events he witnessed as the
son of the longtime Wood-
lawn High School coach.
Always Fall Forward combines scriptural principles with lessons he learned
from his dad. These "coachisms" include concepts such as- pay attention to
what's around you, always speak the truth, give your best effort in whatever
task you're presented with, and always show honor and respect to others.
Football has the potential to build fortitude, responsibility, and discipline.
These are virtues which can serve our faith as we endeavor to run the race
set before us. One day we will come to the end of our last quarter and we will
give an account for our life. When it comes to our faith, let's leave it all on
the field.
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Sanctuary Christian Books and Gifts
10 Bay Area Christian Family www.BayAreaChristianFamily.comE ncou r ag i ng W or d
LIFE IS NOT FAIR!
“That’s not fair”! How often have we heard that phrase spoken? It is not
allowed in our family’s vocabulary, but it is often true.
Take the story of Moses as an example. Remember him? The biblical character
in Exodus? The one God spoke to through a burning bush? That guy. At God’s
request Moses confronted the most powerful man in the world, the Egyptian
Pharaoh, with an anointed stick. Then he led an entire NATION of people, out
of slavery in Egypt. For a grand finale he parted a sea. What a sight that must
have been.
Surely, Moses received a great worldly reward for his obedience, for his
efforts?! That would only be “fair” right? Keep in mind (this part is impor-
tant) Moses didn’t ask for that job. He didn’t ask for the assignment that God
requested him to carry out. He didn’t ask for the lack of appreciation the and forgiveness to others. Pouring out to others what He continually pours
Israelite nation showed him for his efforts or for the difficulties he endured into us.
executing that assignment. He just obediently endured it. Day by day.
Moses was obedient. He was faithful. He obeyed God, for decades, through Moses trusted God, obeyed God and allowed God to work through him. We
the entire story. are to do the same. Regardless of the outcome, fair or not.
When God denied Moses entry into the promised land, after all he endured,
Moses spent over 40 years leading God’s people from bondage, through the that could certainly be looked at as “un-fair”. The results for our obedience
wilderness, to their promised land. Yet in the end he was not allowed to enter may sometimes be no different. That is just life but remember, our ultimate
the promised land with them. His earthly reward after years of obedient ser- reward is not of this world.
vice was only to “see” the promised land from the top of a mountain. Then he
died. Was that “fair”? Perhaps, just perhaps, the story of Moses is there to relay Let me repeat that part, “our ultimate reward is not of this world”.
that very point! That life, Christian service, is sometimes not fair. Just as Moses followed God’s assignment for his life we are to follow God’s as-
signment for ours. Plant the seeds your are given to plant with the talent God
So, what is your point Shane? The point, the message, is this……. has given you to plant them. Every day, plant the seeds. Simple as that.
As Christians we are set apart as messengers of God’s grace to the world. This Leave the sorting out part to God and don’t get de-railed by the results, or lack
task is not reserved just for the exalted among us, the powerful, the famous, thereof.
the clergy, the pastors or the people you see on TV. No sir.
“Fairness” is a measuring stick the world loves to use. It is not God’s.
Regardless of our earthly “status”, as Christians even the least of us, by worldly Get in the boat. Do your part.
terms, arrives with an assignment from the Creator. The accepting part is up
to us. — Shane Hale
Hale is a “redeemed & re-purposed professional baseball player”
While our earthly assignments will differ greatly we do share a common de- working as a Realtor with Bellator Real Estate & Development.
nominator while on this planet, which is to “act in love”. Loving God with all Through writing he shares his faith to encourage and inspire
our heart and loving our neighbor as ourselves. (Luke 10:27) others to seek God’s plan for their lives. Visit and subscribe to his
blog at www.The1SixProject.com
Unless you live alone on an island you know that to “act in love” is sometimes
not so easy. There is risk! Risk of getting rejected, laughed at, taken advantage
of, being hurt, even being hurt badly. The list is long. We are to do it anyway!
As recipients of God’s love and forgiveness we are to be the agents of His love
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Dave Says Dear Dave,
My fiancé and I are planning to be married in less than a year. We’ve both been
Dear Dave, through your class at church, and the other night we started wondering if we
My husband has an old car that has become a real sticking point between us. should wait to have the wedding until we’re both completely debt-free. Would
He bought it for $2,400, and it needs about $4,000 in repairs and restoration. you give us your opinion?
Together, we bring home $50,000 a year, and I feel like this car is interfering — Michelle
with our ability to save money and pay off $35,000 in debt. We already have Dear Michelle,
two decent cars we drive to work, so what should I do about this? Congratulations! I hope you two will have long and happy lives together.
— Stacy To answer your question, I don’t think there’s a reason to wait. When two
Dear Stacy, people know they really love each other, they should get married whenever
There are lots of guys out there who like shiny toys — especially cars. I get they feel in their hearts the time is right.
it, because I’m one of them. But these kinds of things are luxuries, and stuff
like this should wait until the household and finances are in order. The family At this point, you shouldn’t be thinking about money as anything except an
should always come first. indicator of where you’re going. It doesn’t matter who got into debt or how,
because everyone makes mistakes. But if you’re both serious about getting
Dumping money into this while you two are struggling financially doesn’t out of debt, living on less than you make, and are in agreement about how the
make sense. On top of that, it’s causing problems between you two on a deeper dollars are going to be handled, then — where money is concerned — you’re
level. I’m sure your husband isn’t a bad guy, so try sitting down with him and ready to be married.
explaining how it makes you feel. Let him know what it’s doing to your financ-
es and your marriage. You might even write the financial side down, so he can Many relationship experts say if a couple can agree on four important things
see exactly what kind of shape you two are in and where the money is going. — kids, money, religion, and how to handle the in-laws — they have a great
statistical chance of a happy marriage. I believe this, too. And make sure you
Once you do this in a kind, but concerned, manner, it may be a real meet with your pastor for some good, pre-marital counseling before the big
eye-opener for him. On top of that, you might consider giving him a little in- day. With all this going for you, I think you two will be okay.
centive to get on board with the idea of getting your finances in order. Suggest God bless you both!
that once the debt is gone, and you’ve got some savings in place, there might — Dave Ramsey
be a little extra cash on hand to help get that car up and running. Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven
Good luck, Stacy! best-selling books, including The Total Money Makeover. The Dave Ram-
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SHANE HALE
from Baseball
to Blogging
Life has taught me that there are things you see coming, and there are things you don’t.
Becoming a writer and then the author of a faith-based blog, The1SixProject, falls square-
ly in the I didn’t see it coming category of my lfe. Things like college, work after college,
a wife, house, kids, dogs, the often-typical life progression I could see, but never writing.
Writing happened in my mid-forties when I arrived soundly at the end of myself and
began seeking God’s will for my life. Something I now regret not seeking and then sub-
scribing to years sooner. However, like most all new chapters in life, there is often a story
behind the new chapter’s arrival. This one is no different.
As a child growing up in rural America my life revolved around family, church, and
baseball. I was a left-handed pitcher and all I ever wanted to be growing up was a profes-
sional baseball player. I mean literally, that was it. Thanks to dedicated parents, hard work
and Coach Steve Kittrell’s gamble on a skinny kid nobody else wanted, I enrolled at the
University of South Alabama in the fall of 1986 on a piece of a baseball scholarship. Four years later in 1990 I was drafted in the 7th round by the Baltimore
Orioles and went on to spend seven seasons in the Orioles organization before retiring at the end of the 1996 season. Tired of being injured, broke, and away
from home I walked away from the only thing I had ever wanted to do, be or become in life. I was 27 years old. Now what?
The next twenty plus years of my life can be summed up like this. I went to work, met an amazing girl named Michelle, married that amazing girl, we had three
sons Dylan, Brody, and Reece, I bought into the American dream, life rolled on, I came to the end of myself. The “coming to the end of myself ” part didn’t
happen overnight. That part took time.
As I reached my mid- forties the occasional skirmishes I had begun to have years earlier with my own personal demons evolved into a daily battle that I was
losing. Yes, I had a wonderful wife, healthy kids, a large and supportive family, no lifestyle issues, and an endless list of blessings. From the outside looking in
my life was grand but personally, on the inside, I was empty, spiritually shallow and facing the reality that there was a growing list of things in my life that I had
very little, if any, control over.
The man in the mirror was clearly aging. My father and my wife’s mother were each fighting a battle they would ultimately lose with cancer. The economy was
in an absolute free fall. I constantly fought back depression, feelings of inadequacy and fear of failing at my most important roles in life. While it may sound
trivial compared to the prior comments, since leaving baseball I still lacked a personal “something” that I was passionate and excited about. This wasn’t a mid-
life crisis either, because I packed a lifetime of worldly living into my 20’s and 30’s that spanned forty-two states and a host of foreign countries. Heck, I was
even an extra on the Cleveland Indians team in the movie Major League 2. I was just empty and running out of things to fill the empty with.
Somewhere along the way I gave this quest to find a renewed passion and purpose in
life a secret name, “The 1Six Project”. The name was rooted in my past baseball career
and my jersey number, 16. My dad, John, wore 16 first as a football player for the USM
Golden Eagles. I wore 16 throughout my baseball career. My oldest son, Dylan, keeps
that tradition alive as an athlete today. Almost 50 years later I still have my dad’s 16
jersey framed and on my wall. It isn’t just a number, it’s a tradition and it means some-
thing to me.
From my limited world-based view at that time, the process of getting back to the man
I wanted and needed to be in life was clearly going to be more than a single event or fix.
It was going to be a project. Thus... “The 1Six Project” seemed fitting. Interestingly, I
also had an unexplainable and strong conviction that this “project” was going to evolve
into something bigger. On this conviction I bought the URL and reserved the web
address, The1SixProject.com. It was a couple of years before I ever shared this with
anyone. People might think I was crazy.
14 Bay Area Christian Family www.BayAreaChristianFamily.comAs the months rolled on I began to look less for a worldly cure for what I was
missing inside and more for a Godly cure. This led me to ultimately under-
stand that I had been trying to fix my problems with more of what was causing
my problems. I didn’t need more worldly success, achievements, adventure, or
possessions. I needed God. The empty space I was trying to fill inside of me
is the same space we all have inside of us that is reserved for God, and God
alone. You can’t fill this reserved space with anything but God, and for my
entire life I had been trying to fill I it with everything but God. I started filling
it with what belonged there. God showed up to rescue me and, I “got in the
boat”.
While some people hand their life over to Christ in a moment for me it was
gradual transition from being first in my life to becoming second. Raised in
church I had always known who God was, but prior to this point in my life I
had never known Him on a personal level. Moving from religion to a person-
al relationship with Christ was a new experience for me and the stronger this
relationship became the more God worked in my life. Then one day He told
me to write.
For clarity, these instructions didn’t arrive while I was on a mountain top and
I wasn’t standing barefoot in front of a burning bush either. I was in Loxley,
Ala. attending the 2015 annual company-wide Ballator Real Estate summer
meeting and I remember it well. The thought “I want you to write” simply at it this way. I followed God’s direction and He used that obedience to make
would not leave my head. My exasperated response after hours of this thought over 77,000 faith-based impressions on over 69,000 souls around the world.
playing continuously in my mind was, “Write about WHAT?!” It was literally As Christians we are to be conduits through which Christ’s message flows.
the craziest thing I had ever heard at the time. What could writing possibly The1SixProject blog is just a tool that God orchestrated and uses to deliver
address in my life, who would possibly want to read anything I wrote and that message.
why won’t this thought leave my head?! I didn’t act on this for several months
but the calling, that gentle nudge, would not go away. Just so you know, God As evidenced by this article in a popular local magazine, doors have contin-
doesn’t yell. He gently persists, and it is our option to answer, or not. Eventu- ued to open. God continues to bring people into my life that support me and
ally, I answered and began to write. strengthen my walk as a Christian and The Gospel continues to be shared. For
the record, I take absolutely ZERO credit for any of this. I sought God’s plan
In the beginning I mostly just jotted down things that struck me, often on note for my life, God said write, I obeyed His command and the rest just literally
cards. As I did, words and phrases began to literally jump off the page at me happened. Brother, that’s how it works!
like they were on fire, which was another new experience. These words and
phrases I wrote evolved into stories that resembled short devotionals. Mostly Additionally, in 2016, along with the creation of The1SixProject blog, theses
the stories were about what God was doing in my life and revealing to me as I four “1:6” verses were also revealed to me:
continued to seek Him and His will. The more seeking I did the more reveal- • Philippians 1:6 – He who began a good work in you will see it through to com-
ing He did. pletion…..
• Philemon 1:6 – Be active in sharing your faith…….
Looking back, I understand now that God used my writing to speak to me. • Romans 1:6 – You are among those who have been called to belong to Christ….
The inspiration for the stories came from everywhere but the actual writing • James 1:6 – When you ask, believe, and do not doubt……
part, the formulating of a story, required me (still does) to sit quietly with my
thoughts, research, study my Bible, and listen. In the beginning this often hap- As a young man I had no way of knowing that my baseball career and my
pened in the middle of the night when I couldn’t sleep and there were, conven- attachment to the #16 would help set the table for me to find my way back to
iently, zero distractions. I began to call them “meetings”. Christ and to purpose. After spiritually drifting for decades, at the end of my-
self and with basically no other options, I didn’t just ask God to help me I also
The same prompting that told me to write began to encourage me to share began to “do my part” by seeking him, wholeheartedly. God showed up and I
these stories. So, one day I took a deep breath and shared a story on Facebook. “got in the boat”. When I did this God went to work in and through my life.
To my amazement, people responded. I kept posting the occasional story and I experienced a real burning passion as a young man while I pursued and
people kept responding in a positive manner. Spiritually I continued to grow, played baseball. Those years of my life showed me what it felt like to be truly
the audience grew, and doors started to open! on fire for something. Once you experience that feeling it is hard to ever live
without it. After decades of wandering and searching for it again, I found that
Another few months down the road a fella named Christopher Williams, a a personal relationship with Christ provides that same feeling, only bigger. It’s
man I barely knew and had never met in person sent me a message that stated, very cool.
“You need to reach a bigger audience, I am going to build you a blog, do you
have a web address you want to use?” Yes, and it had been waiting for almost Today I am a “Redeemed & re-purposed professional baseball player,” hus-
two years... The1SixProject.com. A few weeks later the blog was a reality. band, father, realtor, writer, I am Second, and I don’t ever want to be first
again.
Since the The1SixProject launched in the Spring of 2016, I have posted 87 sto-
ries to the site. Site analytics tell me that, since then, collectively over 77,000 Get in the boat. Do your part.
stories have been read by over 69,000 people in 96 different countries. I look — Shane Hale
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To start off, let’s all be clear: Brain fog, forgetting names, forgetting where you
put things, feeling dazed and confused? Your instant recall coming a day or
two late? None of this is a normal part of aging, no matter what you’ve been
told.
You might think, Oh lord, this is it—Alzheimer’s and dementia are setting in!
But trust me, that does not have to be the case. Why? Because dementia is not
a normal part of aging.
Let me repeat that, for the folks in the back, because it flies in the face of
everything we’re told. Dementia is not a normal part of aging. It is, in fact,
very possible to age without losing your mind. To grow older, to reach age 100
and beyond, without growing mentally feeble.
Hard to believe, because it seems to have happened so fast—one day you’re
feeling sharp as a blade, and then, you wander over to the utility room for
something and can’t for the life of you recall why you’re there.
Unfortunately, our society constantly sets our brains up to fail. We’re con-
ditioned to do and to eat what’s convenient, not what’s healthy. Fact is, your
brain is not gone forever, and dementia is not a foregone conclusion. When
you learn how your brain works, you can take steps to recharge it and get it
back on track.
And if you know what triggers dementia, you can take your brain’s health back into your own hands and charge it to the fullest. You can avoid these
triggers and implement brain-boosting habits that will help regenerate fresh brain cells and newer, stronger connections. And, if you’re diligent, it’s very
possible to build a brain that gets better and sharper with age.
Many of you have contacted me and told me you want a book, something to hold and refer back to time and again. Well, here is one for you. As this is my
80th article for Bay Area Christian Family Magazine, I guess you could say it is about time. Here are the nine critical signs you might be vulnerable to
dementia—and tips on how to protect your brain and build resilience.
This is a plump booklet, not a thick paperback. An electronic copy is available for free on my new website, www.JanetRichPittman.com. But if you want
something to hold in your hands, mark up and refer to over and over, I am pre-selling these booklets. They will be $7.99 which includes shipping and you
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suggest you not test or tax your memory and just order now as ordering deadline is just a few days away, July 2.
Thank you for being such a great audience in reading my articles and absorbing the information given in them. Now, here is another tool for you, one you
can get your hands on and wrap your brain around to keep it healthy and fully functioning. Enjoy!
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June 2018 17H ealthy L ivi ng
presented by: Jason’s Fitness
1 on 1 with Jason S. Greene: The Anti-Ab
The pursuit of a trim flat mid-section has always been a goal of most
exercisers and it used to be all about the sit up. If you wanted to have
a flat tummy all you had to do was a bunch of sit-ups. Then sometime
around the 80’s we started making fun of the sit up, and singing praises
about the crunch. Over the past few decades we have found a hundred
different ways to do a crunch. We have crunched on the floor. We
have crunched with machines. We have crunched with cables, and we
have even draped across big rubber balls and crunched some more. So,
what’s the newest thing when it comes to firming your midsection you
B ask? I’ll give you a hint. It is less about what you do, and more about
what you keep from doing.
A When you do a sit up you are doing an exercise that creates hip flexion. Crunches create spinal flexion, side-bends create
lateral flexion. When you do twisting exercises you create trunk rotation. Over the years I have used all of the above to help
clients firm and trim their waist. The only drawback with these movements is that they also create load on your spine, which over time can lead to back prob-
lems. The irony of this is that every fitness expert, doctor, and physical therapist, will tell you that back pain is generally caused by a combination of two things,
weak stomach muscles and tight hamstrings.
Most fitness professionals have switched gears completely and begun focusing on core training anti-movements: Anti-Extension, Anti-Lat-
eral Flexion, Anti-Rotation. All of these exercises are isometric in nature, require a minimum of equipment and have been proven to be
very safe and effective. I have included three examples to get you started.
Anti-Extension= Ball Roll Outs:
1) Begin by kneeling on the floor with your hands on the top of a stability ball. Engage your abs keeping your entire spine stable. (photo-a)
2) Keep your hips stable and your arms straight, roll forward on the ball. (photo-b) Hold briefly at the bottom and then use your abs to
return to the starting position. Note: Keep your chest up throughout the movement. Do not allow yourself to crunch over.
Anti-Lateral Flexion=Waiter Walks:
1) Simply hold a dumbbell overhead (like a waiter in a café) in one hand and walking across the room. (photo-c) 2)
Change hands and walk back. Notes: You want to make sure you keep your body perfectly straight by bracing your core.
Start with a light weight until you feel that your form is perfect. This exercise is harder than it looks. This exercise is also
a good static shoulder exercise.
C
Anti-Rotation= Pallof Press:
A) Stand side ways to a cable machine or resistance band. Holding cable in both hands press straight out in front of your chest while brac-
ing your entire core. (photo-d) The point of the exercise is to keep the resistance from turning your body. Hold for 4-30 seconds and change
sides. Notes: You may increase the difficulty by increasing the load, by bringing you feet closer together or by increasing the amount of time
you hold each repetition.
D
— Jason S. Greene
E-mail your question to Jason@JasonsFitness.com
You can see this exercise and many others demonstrated at
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Disclaimer: One on One with Jason aims to provide general fit-
ness and exercise information. Advice offered may not be appli-
cable to all individuals and does not constitute medical, health
or scientific fitness advice. People have different needs, abilities
and levels of health. It is recommended that all readers consult
a medical professional before beginning any form of exercise,
participate in any physical fitness or sports training program
or undertake any form of health plan, nutrition program, or
weight loss diet---especially if you have been inactive most of
your life, suffer from obesity, or have any health problems.
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Summer Movie Camp Lucy’s Fish Tacos with Sriracha
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10am every Wednesday at The Coleslaw and Pineapple Salsa
Wharf in Orange Beach and Ingredients: 2 teaspoon Apple cider vinegar
Jubilee Square in Daphne. For 1 lb tilapia or other white fish 2 teaspoon Sriracha hot sauce
$4, your child gets admission Backyard Seasoning (Full of flavor, ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
plus a kids’ pack including not salty or hot)
popcorn, a drink, and a fruit olive oil Pineapple Salsa:
snack. The first show is “Boss kosher salt 1 cup Fresh pineapple, finely diced
Baby.” Movie Camp runs Flour tortillas, warmed ½ cup fresh tomatoes, finely diced
through August 1. (No Movie ¼ cup sweet onion, finely diced
Camp on July 4.) See the entire Sriracha Coleslaw: 1 Jalapeno pepper, finely chopped
list of movies at: www.AMCTheatres.com/summer-movie-camp. 7 oz (about 2 cups) shredded juice of 1 lime
cabbage ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
Re-use Coffee Grounds 1/3 cup mayonnaise
Don’t dump those used coffee grounds into the garbage. Save them. For Preparation
what? Let them dry and sprinkle them around any areas in your home For the coleslaw:
where you’ve seen ants or other unwanted critters. Coffee’s high nitrogen Whisk mayonnaise,
content wards off bugs. Sprinkle grounds around your flowers and other apple cider vinegar,
garden plants to keep slugs and other garden pests away. Coffee is great Sriracha sauce, and
for your compost pile, too. And load an open container with used coffee salt together in a
grounds and slide it into the back of your fridge. It’ll absorb odors for at bowl. Pour over
least a couple of weeks. Save the next batch of grounds to replace those with shredded cabbage,
and sprinkle the older ones around your garden. and mix until com-
bined. Set aside.
Frozen Beach Treats
Whatever you’re doing outdoors, make sure you take along a cooler of For the salsa: Mix
cold drinks and healthy snacks. A couple of easy and tasty treats are frozen all ingredients
grapes and banana “popsicles.” Allow me to explain. Instead of just freez- together in a bowl
ing a bunch of grapes, fill wooden skewers with grapes and freeze them as until well combined. Set aside.
grapes-on-a-stick. You and your kids will enjoy them. With younger kids,
though, slide the grapes off the stick to prevent choking or other hazards. Heat a large skillet over medium high heat and add a couple tablespoons
of olive oil. Rinse tilapia fillets and pat dry with a paper towel. Season both
Peel a banana; cut it in half and insert a popsicle stick through the flat end. sides with kosher salt. Season both sides liberally with Backyard Seasoning.
Coat the banana in your favorite yogurt; then roll it in crushed almond sliv- *If you are using a Cajun seasoning, do not season with additional salt.
ers or finely chopped walnuts or pecans. Pop them in the freezer until ready Place the fillets in the skillet and cook for 3-4 minutes on both sides until
to serve or load into your cooler. cooked through.
Cut fish into pieces and assemble tacos. Place fish in a warmed
Facebook Tip flour tortilla. Top with coleslaw and salsa. Serve immediately.
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Closing Thoughts
“You must not have any other god but Me” (Ex 20:3, NLT). While other
languages have a variety of words to choose from, we Americans tend to
“love” everything: our families; our cars; our houses; our pets; our clothes;
our jewelry; and the list goes on. Why not make a change? Stop carelessly
using “love.” Teach your children the importance and value of what it really
means. Reserve it for the Lord and those you highly value in
your life.
— Judy Woodward Bates
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