I have friends who go all out for Halloween and I know some who refuse to celebrate it. It is that type of holiday. I am somewhere in-between those two extremes. While some probably do celebrate it as a Spiritual Holiday (like I do Christmas), I feel most people only celebrate the fun of it just as most people celebrate the fun of Christmas. After all, most people like to dress up and pretend to be someone or something else. I know that I would be included in that group.
As a boy growing up, I always dressed up in costume (usually a hobo), and my parents and carried me to Riggs Circle in Mesquite to Trick or Treat. After I got married and a family of my own, we let our kids get into costume and my wife carried them Trick or Treating ( I never could get off work in time to go). Now my kids are doing the same.
Really as a person who spent most of his adult teaching the Bible, I really like this time of year. It is the one time of year that people are receptive to talking about the supernatural. I love the Halloween stories and figures within the Bible. I miss teaching those stories.
Saul (King of Israel) does not get any answers to his prayers so he consults a medium and she summons the prophet Samuel from the grave and the ghost of Samuel talks to Saul about his coming doom and the death of his sons.
At the time of Exodus, there are magicians in Egypt who for a while, match the miracles of Moses tick for tack.
During the life of Jesus, there are demon processed people who are even more terrifying than the girl in "The Exorcist". And don't get me started about Lazarus or all the dead people who leave their graves and walk back into Jerusalem at the time of Jesus' Death and Resurrection. I could go on for hours about these stories and characters.
Yes, I also like the stories of Stephen King, Ted Dekker and others. I grew up watching the classics: Frankenstein, Dracula, Wolf-man as well as Godzilla, King Kong, and others. A good story or movie is good, and a good Halloweenish story is still a good story.
So have a good holiday my friends and watch out for any houses falling your way (especially if you are the Wicked Witch of the East). ;-)
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