A quick word on Halloween

A friend recently told me that her family does not "do Halloween." I'm sure that's true of many of you, and I salute you. According to History.com: "The Celtic holiday of Samhain, the Catholic Hallowmas period of All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day and the Roman festival of Feralia all influenced the modern holiday of Halloween."

But If That’s What It Takes...

The last couple of years have been challenging, not only for me, but for many of my family and friends. Some have had health problems, others have been through financial hardship, and still others have lost loved ones. If this were the plot of a movie, one might at this point begin to wonder when the hero was going to emerge and save the day.

Perspective Revisited

When I was growing up, I loved Christian music, almost to a fault. I was on a first name basis with the programming director of a local Christian radio station, and it would drive me crazy whenever one of my brothers wanted to listen to the local oldies station. On one occasion I said in a stern voice: “You’re so secular!”
By the time I went off to college, I was listening almost religiously to “Casey’s Top 40.” It’s only been in the last 5-10 years that I’ve started to really pay attention to the messages in songs. Sometimes I’ve found that a song most people would regard as simply a fun song actually has a profound meaning, either for good or for ill.