Tag: Halloween

  • Not Far From the Kingdom

    Not Far From the Kingdom

    The Greatest Commandment doesn’t answer a question: it responds to it. Which makes this a story of embodied love.

  • Halloween

    Halloween

    Episode 2 October 29, 2021

  • Hallow

    Hallow

    What do we honor? Hallow is not a word we use often, even in church, though most of us say it daily. “Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name.” Outside of the Lord’s Prayer, we’re not likely to use it. The word hallow means to honor as holy. So, we honor God’s name as…

  • The never-ending Halloween

    The never-ending Halloween

    I live in a community that really loves Halloween. Halloween, of course, is a day: October 31. But here, we celebrate with trick-or-treating over two days, with hours long past my children’s curfew. We also have a downtown celebration the Friday night before, so this year, that makes it October 29th, 30th, and 31st. And…

  • What you think about Halloween is what you think about life

    Do you dress up? Pass out candy? Head off to a party? Or do you sit at home in the dark, hoping those darn kids would stay off your lawn? I loved Halloween when I was little. I loved dressing up and playing make believe. I wanted to cut out early of swim practice because…

  • Tick or Tweet

      Our second Halloween. You can’t tell under the wet winter coat, but he’s a train conductor! #dphw #halloween

  • Halloween, All Saints’, & too much candy

    A web-friend was recently asked about Halloween and what he thinks about it as a Christian.  His response, as expected, was thorough, honest, and appropriate.  Mine, is well…perhaps a little less so. I don’t really dig on Halloween & Church.  Not because I think it is demonic or sinful or whatever.  And it is not…