It's Halloween??

No, not really, but the Oriental Trading Co. catalogue came a few days ago. Maybe it was a week ago. The silly thing is full of Halloween costumes to be purchased.

It has caused no small amount of insanity around here.

First off, yes we do Halloween or Trick-or-Treat. Yes, I know that means we're some sort of failed Christian family to be playing along with all that evil. Ahem. Anyway.

My world often opperates on moderation, that and being a part of the world. I think it's real hard to be salt and light when you're living under the bucket.

Are you following what I'm saying?

It goes sort of like this. I don't think that you ought to be so involved in worldly things as to loose your focus, but I do think that you need to be in the world so that you can show others the hope you live with. I don't think you should be preaching in everyone's faces, although some need that and some need to do that, I do think that we should be trying to live a life that shows our salvation.

I don't think you should be a no fun sort of Christian. It turns people off. It's sort of like a strict diet. We all know it's good for us, but it isn't very fun and no one wants to do it. That and no one seems to be able to stick to it.

Anyway, back to Trick-or-Treat. We do it. We go out, in costumes and we hand out treats. Really obnoxious treats. A few years ago we gave out those nice sticky wall walker gooey rubber things. Very popular. Last year we gave out an assortment of noisemakers. Loud whistles. Shrill whistles. Siren whistles. Clappers. Drums. We were again very popular.

But the magazine. It's page after page of costume options. The boys have been relentlessly following us around and telling us who they want us to be. They are giving all sorts of suggestions for how to dress up Little Miss. They are offering options for the adults.

I don't do costumes.

Was that clear enough?

Not for the boys, it isn't!

Personally, Halloween is a "holiday" that I could really live without, but it comes and knocks at the door whether you want it to or not, so you may as well make the best of it.