Halloween

[southerngale]

It's only a few days away. Are you dressing up? If so, what are you going to be?

Do you take the kids trick-or-treating or to a festival that one of your local churches host? Or perhaps you do something else, or nothing.

[O Town]

Yep we will be taking the kids over to another close neighborhood with more kids to trick or treat. I have a dead cheerleader, devil, and 50's waitress. I will probably put on my faceless hooded robe outfit thingy while we are out, it makes them happy to see me dress up too. We also have 2 Halloween parties to go to but I am opting to just spend the evening with my family at home.


Beware of all the evil spirits lurking about Halloween night

Muah ha ha ha ha ha

[bvigal]

Keep your little ones under constant supervision the days leading up to and including Halloween. Please encourage all Christians you know to pray for physical and spiritual protection of all children in the upcoming days.

http://www.crosswalk.com/root/parenting/1359348/page0/

Mark Bishop, a self-described former "eclectic witch," said in a recent interview that when he first came to faith in Christ, he really hated Halloween was because of his sensitivity to the occult symbolism associated with it. "As the costumes got more and more grotesque and more celebratory of darkness, it bothered me a lot. I knew what was on the other side and I knew it was real."

Strangely enough, his son's kindergarten teacher helped him understand that God made Halloween just like He made every other day of the year. "Satan doesn't own the day," said Bishop. "I still know what's real and what's on the other side. But God made this day just like He made all the others and we don't have to give it to Satan."

Bishop, in fact, recommends that Christian believers teach their children to reclaim the day

"I do leave the porch light on and give out candy," said Bishop. "And if at all possible, I give out gospel tracts and pray for every child that comes to our door. After all, how often does the mission field come to the door?"
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Obviously, Halloween's redemption process still requires work. Perhaps, ironically, former witches will be the ones to give the rest of us an inkling of what we could be doing.

"Halloween was once a night of prayer, praise, and sacrifice," reminded one former witch. "This is one night when the world beats a path to your door. Be prepared to bless each and every precious child by praying God's protection over their souls. It may be the only time all year anyone prays for that child."

Oh, and keep your pets close by, too. Did you know many animal shelters won't adopt out black dogs or cats during the month of October?

[coriolis]

Personally, I'm doing nothing for halloween. I think that my wife will be handing out candy and maybe our two youngest (14 and 12) will go trick or treating.

[Cyclenall]

Oh, and keep your pets close by, too. Did you know many animal shelters won't adopt out black dogs or cats during the month of October?

I just watched a re-run of Jeopardy a few minutes ago and the final clue was about a California pet shelter not allowing black cats to be given away during a certain period in October to November.

[JonathanBelles]

My Halloween starts tomorrow. Phi Theta Kappa is hosting a pumpkin carving and costume contest tomorrow afternoon, and then numerous organizations are having a trick or treat thing for kids tomorrow night. Then ill have the normal halloween Friday.