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Halloween

The Cruel Trick: A Lament for Halloween Lost

October 30, 2020 by Randal

COVID19 has taken so much. Now, it is taking Halloween, as well: a fraction of houses in our neighborhood are decorated. Most neighbors are going to have darkened doors. And those who venture out place themselves and others at risk of an especially cruel trick. This is a lament for Halloween lost.

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: COVID19, Halloween, lament

Five Things You Could Have Done For Halloween

November 1, 2015 by Randal

Today I decided to compile a list of five things you could have done yesterday instead of trick or treating. (Next year I’ll try to get ahead of the curve by offering some suggestions before Halloween.) 5. Watch the documentary Hell House which features one of the many fundamentalist/evangelical alternatives to the seasonal haunted house. […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: culture, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, Halloween

My Best Halloween Memory Ever. What’s Yours?

October 31, 2015 by Randal

When I was growing up my parents owned many vehicles: three Audi 5000s, a Nissan Maxima, a Jeep Wagoneer, a Datsun 210, a Ford Ranger, a Honda Prelude, and so on. Of all those vehicles, there is one I dearly wish I still had in my own driveway: my dad’s 1969 GMC truck with a […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: childhood, Halloween, memory

Meeting Scrooge at Halloween

November 2, 2011 by Randal

On Halloween my friend and I took our daughters trick or treating.  Not only did one household hand out full-sized chocolate bars to the kids, but they even were offering a glass of Bailey’s Irish Cream to the parents. Now that’s what I call hospitality. By contrast, a house a few doors down was handing […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: generosity, Halloween

On scaring the hell out of your friends: An All Hallows Eve Meditation

October 31, 2011 by Randal

When I was a teenager I had an audiotape of evangelist and alleged exorcist Bob Larson visiting hell (or describing the experiences of somebody else who visited hell; I forget which). I lent the tape to a friend of mine, a headbanger who looked the part with his long hair and worn jean jacket with […]

Filed Under: The Tentative Apologist Tagged With: evangelism, fear, Halloween, Hell House, review

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