A man’s heart and soul are found beyond the words of his obituary. Funeral directors do an incredible job of gathering the details of a deceased man’s life: dates of birth, death and marriage, places of employment and worship, and lists of surviving and deceased relatives. With the ...

It was Mohandas Gandhi who wrote that there is no religion without sacrifice. He saw the core of all religious belief as Truth. Truth is a universal ideal as well as the Truth of daily life. Sacrifice is the idea that we surrender something dear to us. Sacrifice is when we give away something ...

Part Nine: Out on the water This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. When talking about five basic paddle strokes, we already learned two of them. First, we talked about the Forward Stroke; the Reverse Stroke is done by simply ...

Part Eight: Recreational kayaking requires five basic strokes This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. There are many different types of kayaks for as many different types of ways to use them. For instance, there is ...

Part Seven: Setup to set off This is one in a series of staff writer Graham Jaehnig’s personal experiences as a beginner kayaker. You have selected and purchased your kayak, life preserver, paddles and straps. What’s next? Find a place where you can paddle. However, for those of us ...

Hey team, this is Chris for Speaking with My Stomach. Thanks for stopping by this week. Please read to the end of the story because we have a pretty special announcement at the end of this article. So it’s been pretty hot for the first week of September, but I know fall is right around the ...