Halloween Is Not Satan’s Bachelor Party and Other Lies We Were Told

I wish I was making this up—growing up as a young kid in evangelicalism Halloween was equally horrifying and unbelievably intoxicating. On the one hand, there’s the devil and his host of demons out there trying to recruit people like me to their wildish ways. On the other hand, it is one hell of a marketing campaign—candy, dressing up as a Ninja Turtle, staying out late, and running around town with your friends! What, my friends, is the downside?

Eternal damnation you say? Well… 7-year-old Kris doesn’t know much, but he knows enough to lose sleep over these conflicting ideas for the next 15 years of his life.

What are to do with these toxic ideas and beliefs? This is where the fun begins friends. To put it simply, we can tell and live better stories than those that were told to us.

If you feel comfortable, put up those skeletons doing the “Hot To Go” dance.
Get full-sized candy bars so you’re the talk of the street.
Carve a pumpkin. Do the Monster Mash. TP your kid’s math teacher’s trees.
Live your best life knowing that you are a walking miracle.
Live a good and beautiful life knowing that you are deeply loved.

This is the entire reason we’re throwing our Halloween party at Neighborhood this Sunday. We will have bouncy houses, treats for humans and dogs, music, a place to light a candle for someone you love but lost, and of course coffee and cider.

We’re looking forward to seeing you this Sunday friends!
Happy Halloween!!!!!!!!