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Friday, January 20, 2017
FAITH
Mideast expects big changes under Trump
East Oregonian
LIMEY PASTOR
Hypotheses and the heart
T
his is a continuation
support. I think that this is a
of the story of my
big hole for everyone, and
recent heart attacks
hadn’t thought much about
and my adventures into
this before. I also considered
growing knowledge out
a possible bad result — a
of the experience. With
funeral. I hadn’t considered
a 60-year-old body, I am
those matters for those left
now aware of its delicate
behind.
contingency — its finite
I turned my attention
Colin
nature — and I want to honor
to two other possible
Brown
it with an understanding of
alternatives, quite realistic
Faith
its operation and not take it
and evidence-based, but not
so much for granted. I take it
yet mainstream. Alternative
as a lesson from God.
One is the work pioneered by
Today I met with a cardiac
Cornell University’s nutritional
thoracic surgeon, a woman, who
biochemist T. Colin Campbell and
had been recommended to me by
the Cleveland Clinic’s former top
Dr. C.— my cardiologist, who had
surgeon, Dr. Caldwell Esseltyn, who
conducted my angiogram, a name
pointed to a way to reverse heart
for the cartography of my inner
disease and degenerative diseases
blood vessels. The angiogram of
such as heart disease, cancer
last week showed the stark evidence and diabetes type II by eating a
of a betrayal of
plant-based diet.
kindness to my
Using their work I
own body, caused
immediately began
by long lack of
to follow a path of
interest into the
avoiding dairy and
facts of my own
meat and eating
existence. She was
vegetables such as
the individual who
potatoes, turnips,
could provide a
carrots, parsnips
bypass surgery,
and greens. Don’t
where veins could
laugh, there is
be cut out of my
enough protein in
own legs, and
potatoes to meet
sliced and diced
human needs.
(her words) to create pipes to take
Boardman’s crops are going to be
blood directly in and out of the
famous. The arteries in this approach
heart. With three of my arteries
can be refurbished in about 32
narrowed to not much greater
months.
than one millimeter, these three
For Alternative Two, I also dug
old threads would need to stay as
into the work of Linus Pauling, the
backup pipes to act as surrogate
discoverer and populist of Vitamin
arteries. The dwindled three arteries
C. He had demonstrated to many
would stay in place still valiantly
his hypothesis that plaques (that
doing what they could to contribute, cause heart attacks) are caused by a
but they would not get the blame of
deficiency of Vitamin C — which
killing the enterprise.
human beings can’t synthesize like
Apparently I have been gifted
most animals. By using pure Vitamin
with extraordinarily small arteries,
C and the amino acid lysine, Pauling
smaller than usual, which adds to
discovered that he could reverse
the risk of receiving either a bypass
cardiovascular disease, much like
or a stent. There are risks with both.
sailors would eliminate scurvy (a
There is a greater risk of stroke
related disease) by sucking on limes
with bypass surgeries, and also
on ocean voyages. (Thus the term
a significant risk associated with
limey.) His reversal of cardiovascular
dividing the bone chamber of ribs
disease they claimed could be done
and sternum. A bone infection in a
in maybe a month. We will see. For
bypass operation had a 50 percent
those who want to Google Pauling’s
chance of being fatal — a flip of the
paper they can search for “A Unified
coin to oblivion.
Theory of Human Cardiovascular
Also, my surgeon said that my
Disease Leading the Way to the
wispy blood vessels would make
Abolition of This Disease as a Cause
it essential for her to succeed on
for Human Mortality” (Matthias
the first attempt. There could be no
Rath, M.D., and Linus Pauling Ph.D.)
second attempt on the bypass.
So right now I am following
She wanted to make an
with these two alternative paths
immediate time to do the surgery
— as well as further continuing to
next week.
determine the safest surgical route.
I balked. The reality of things is
It seems to me that the alternative
that such a surgery could take six
approaches can be conducted
weeks to recover from, even if all
simultaneously.
went flawlessly — and I felt that I
Most of my readers, no doubt,
had not explored the stent process
have robust arteries, where I sadly
enough, in light of the shrimpy
do not. I wish all of you good
blood vessels I owned. I had also not health and the blessings of Jesus
put in place the financial machinery
Christ. Next week I will talk about
to take care of such a period. I have
something entirely different.
the preliminary paperwork, but I
■
have to get a lot of signatures to
Colin Brown is the pastor of
ensure that such a period is covered
Boardman’s Good Shepherd Lutheran
financially without incoming
Church on Locust Road.
The angiogram
showed the
stark evidence
of a betrayal of
kindness to my
own body.
By DAN PERRY
and BRADLEY KLAPPER
Associated Press
CAIRO — Donald Trump’s
all-but-dismissal of human rights
as a foreign policy principle could
hit like an earthquake across a
Middle East landscape beset by
warring factions and beleaguered
governments, with some players
eyeing the prospect of once
unimaginable new alliances.
Syria is the foremost test of
Trump’s promise of a return to a
hard-headed realpolitik and could
quickly show whether America
is truly abandoning promotion of
democracy and the rule of law in
a way that could reshape much
of the region’s post-Cold War,
post-9/11 order.
Trump has raised the
possibility of a broad new U.S.
partnership with Vladimir Putin’s
increasingly authoritarian Russia
and has even hinted at aligning
with Syrian President Bashar
Assad, which would amount to
a dramatic reversal from years of
the Obama administration calls
for Assad’s ouster. Trump seems
to calculate that their shared
enemy in the Islamic State is
more important than shared
values.
“When it comes to civil
liberties, our country has a lot
of problems, and I think it’s
very hard for us to get involved
in other countries,” Trump
explained last July as Turkey was
punishing tens of thousands of
people seemingly unconnected to
a failed coup attempt. “We need
AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File
In this Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 file photo, an Egyptian news-
paper vendor holds copies of local newspapers fronted with
a picture of President-elect Donald Trump with Arabic head-
line that reads, “Trump era” at a traffic stop, in Cairo, Egypt.
allies,” Trump said in a New York
Times interview. “I don’t know
that we have a right to lecture.”
When
Barack
Obama
declared a new beginning with
the Muslim world in a land-
mark speech eight years ago,
he mentioned democracy six
times and broached the subject
of human rights on a dozen
occasions. Trump has barely
mentioned these as foreign
policy principles, extolling
instead deal-making, diplomatic
and economic, and championing
the fight against IS.
“Human rights will not be his
top priority,” concluded Mustafa
Alani, the director of the security
and defense department at the
Geneva-based Gulf Research
Center.
Some believe the change
will in the end be largely a
matter of style, noting that
Obama has fought jihadism all
over the region as well. Aaron
David Miller, a Mideast adviser
under five American presidents,
expects Trump to prove “risk-
averse” and remain consistent
with Obama’s own reluctance
to interfere in other countries’
affairs, use military force, remain
engaged in Iraq or get truly
involved in Syria’s civil war.
But it’s clear that several long-
standing allies in the Middle East
are relishing an end to what
they saw as moralizing rhetoric,
confused signals and unfulfilled
red lines, and favoring a Trump
pivot to counterterrorism and
security.
BRIEFLY
Faith-based conference
pursues inspiration
HERMISTON — Special
speakers, music and more are
featured during the Pursuit
Conference.
In its fourth year, the free
event provides inspiration for
people in spreading the message
about God’s love. Everyone is
welcome, regardless of their
church affiliation. Those who
are curious about the Bible
and its message are especially
encouraged to attend.
The Pursuit Conference opens
Friday at 7 p.m. at the Hermiston
Assembly of God Church,
730 E. Hurlburt Ave. Sessions
continue Saturday at 10 a.m., 2
p.m. and 7 p.m.
For more information, call
541-567-5831 or visit www.
pursuitconf.com.
House of Hope reaches
out to homeless
HERMISTON — People
interested in helping the
homeless are invited to attend an
upcoming House of Hope board
meeting.
Currently based out of Desert
Rose Ministries — 512 E. Main
St., Hermiston — House of
Hope is looking to operate out of
a separate facility. The ministry
provides outreach to the area’s
hungry and homeless.
Open to the public, the
upcoming board meeting
is Tuesday at 6:30 at the
Hermiston Assembly of God
Church, 730 E. Hurlburt Ave.
For more information, call Mark
Leslie at 541-391-6435 or Linda
Durant at 541-449-5038.
After-school program
features life skills
HEPPNER — Kids are
invited to participate in art
projects, singing, life skills and
a family dinner in an after-
school program offered the last
Monday of each month.
Organized by the Heppner
United Methodist Church, it’s
open to kids in kindergarten
through sixth grade. This
month’s event is Monday, Jan.
30 from 3:15-6:30 p.m. at the
church, 175 Church St.
Activities include creating
stained glass windows, learning
to set the table and features
a family meal of spaghetti,
French bread and “ants on a
log.” For more information, call
541-676- 9224.
Nine-week course
provides financial help
PENDLETON — A Biblically
based training series that provides
assistance with budgeting,
investing, retirement and giving
is being offered in Pendleton.
Dave Ramsey Financial Peace
University starts Thursday, Feb. 2
at 6:30 p.m. at the First Christian
Church, 215 N. Main St. The cost
for the nine-week course is $99.
For more information or to
register, contact 541-276-5358
or office@fccpendleton.org. For
more about the program, visit
www.daveramsey.com.
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Call 541-564-4539 or 541-966-
0818 with questions.
Worship Community
Community
Presbyterian Church
14 Martin Drive, Umatilla, OR
922-3250
Worship: 10 AM
Sunday School at 11:30
Come meet Jesus at
PENDLETON BAPTIST
CHURCH
3202 SW Nye Ave Pendleton, OR
541-276-7590
Sunday Morning Worship 11:00 AM
Sunday Bible Classes 9:45 AM
Sunday Youth Group 6:00 PM
Mon. Community Women’s Study
9:30 AM & 6 PM
Awana Kids Club (K-6th grade)
Wed Men’s Study 6 PM
MOPS meeting the 1st Thur of the Month 6 PM
FAITH LUTHERAN
CHURCH
in Mission for Christ LCMC
Bible Study.........9:00 AM
Sunday Worship......10:30 AM
Red Lion Hotel
( Oregon Trail Room )
www.faithpendleton.org
First United
Methodist Church
Pendleton/Hermiston
Sunday Worship
10:00am
Wednesday Bible Study
6:00pm
Youth Classes:
Nursery - 6th grade Sun & Wed
Jr & Sr High Discipleship Program Wed
Overcomer’s Outreach
Tuesday at 6:00pm - Annex
A Christ-centered, 12-Step
Recovery Support Group
Pastor Sharon Miller
401 Northgate, Pendleton
541-278-8082
www.livingwordcc.com
352 SE 2nd Street, Pendleton
Sunday Worship 9am
541-276-2616
Worship Broadcast on
KUMA 1290 @ 11am
191 E. Gladys Ave,Hermiston
Sunday Worship 11am
541-567-3002
Worship Livestream at
herfumc.com
Open Hearts, Open Minds,
Open Doors
Rev. Dr. Jim Pierce, pastor
St. Johns
Episcopal Church
FIRST PRESBYTERIAN
CHURCH
-Presbyterian Church (USA)-
201 SW Dorion Ave.
Pendleton
Join Us
On Our Journey
With Jesus.
Service of Worship - 10:00 am
Children’s Sunday School -
10:20 am
Fellowship - 11:00 am
www.pendletonpresbyterian.com
Scripture, Tradition and Reason
Family service 9am Sunday
N.E. Gladys Ave & 7th, Hermiston
Fr. Dan Lediard, Priest. PH: 567-6672
We are an all inclusive Church
who welcomes all.
Open Hearted...
Open Minded
Grace Baptist Church
555 SW 11th, Hermiston
567-9497
Nursery provided for all
services
Sunday School - 9:30 AM
Worship - 10:45 AM
6:00 pm
Wed Prayer & Worship -
7:00 PM
“Proclaiming God’s word,
growing in God’s grace”
Good Shepherd
Lutheran Church
LCMC
Sunday worship at
11:00 AM
420 Locust St. • Boardman, OR
Seventh-Day
Adventist
Church
Saturday Services
Pendleton
1401 SW Goodwin Place
276-0882
Sabbath School 9:20 am
Worship Service 10:45 am
P eace L utheran C hurch
210 NW 9th, Pendleton
ELCA
Join us Sundays
9:30
Sunday
Worship
9:30
am am
Sunday
Worship
10:30 am Fellowship
11:00 am Sunday School
& Adult Class
541-481-6132
~Come and be at Peace ~
Colin Brown, Pastor
on 1290 KUMA noon each Sunday
OPEN HEARTS – OPEN DOOR
www.graceandmercylutheran.org
Sunday Worship 8:45 a.m.
Sunday School 10:00 a.m. (Nursery Provided)
Fellowship, Refreshments & Sunday School
Check Out our Facebook Page or
Website for More Information
541-289-4535
Tom Inch, Pastor
Grace and Mercy Lutheran Church, ELCA
(First United Methodist Church)
191 E. Gladys Ave. / P.O. Box 1108
Hermiston, Oregon 97838
Faith Center Church
Worshiping God
Loving People
108 S. Main • 276-9569
Sunday Worship
10:30 am
Sr. Pastor,
Ray O’Grady
pendletonfaithcenter.org
FIRST SERVICE 8:30 AM
SECOND SERVICE 10:30 AM
712 SW 27 TH ST.
541-276-1894
www.fcogpendleton.com
Redeemer
Episcopal
Church
241 SE Second St. Pendleton
(541)276-3809
www.pendletonepiscopal.org
Sunday Holy Communion 9:00 a.m.
Wednesday Holy Communion Noon
Weekly Adults Spiritual Life Group
All Are Welcome
To share your worship times call Terri Briggs 541-278-2678