Joe Niemiec

Many years ago I was sitting in the high mountains of the Trinity Alps (CA) and heard a train coming through. After a few minutes I realized it was the sound of the wind in the trees. I had come home. I was once more in the woods, alone under the night sky; thus began my conscious spiritual journey.

When I think of a vacation my mind thinks about a week or two in some far away exotic place. Not necessarily so! When my body and/or spirit needs a break I can go somewhere close by and even familiar and find the relaxation that is needed.

On Thursday there was a “discussion” on Referendum 74, the marriage equality proposal, at the Spokane Rotary Club. The discussion was between Bishop Blase Cupich, of the Catholic Diocese of Spokane, and City Councilman Jon Snyder.

If Halloween falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or Monday we will celebrate it with tailgate “trick or treating” in our parking lot following our Sunday Service. “All Hallows Eve” is certainly not a New Thought or Religious Science holiday.

On the surface it would seem that technology is helping our faith. We are able to connect through email more easily and often than with traditional snail mail. It is a greener form of communication and certainly less expensive.

Today, International Day of Peace, is a day that I don’t believe is honored enough. There are people that will not support peace unless it comes on their terms. This I don’t understand.

Whenever I wonder if there is a sense of humor in the world I look at all the beauty we find and are inspired by in the natural world, and then how hard we work to change it. Think of the lowly dandelions in our yard, those beautiful puff balls of seeds that float so beautifully on a summer breeze.