October 2019 - Pumpkins and spooky things

Halloween, or All Hallows Eve as it should properly be known, is a night which can cause a lot of consternation in the Church, and can leave Christian parents with difficult choices.  Should they let their children dress up as witches and zombies and whatever else, or is it all beyond the pale, a gateway to darker things?

Well, I have to begin with an admission, all though my childhood, my Presbyterian mother allowed me to carve turnip lanterns with hor...