tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483298362782673850.post1437512296063407305..comments2023-06-09T06:08:10.636-05:00Comments on Candle in the Night: Halloween: A New PerspectiveJessicahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06121040081487860599noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483298362782673850.post-3827871614960558062013-11-05T12:21:01.281-06:002013-11-05T12:21:01.281-06:00Ooo! I LOVE the idea of going door to door and GIV...Ooo! I LOVE the idea of going door to door and GIVING something instead of asking for something! I think I may steal that for next year!Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420913955552996515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483298362782673850.post-19950194456937674722013-11-05T10:36:41.174-06:002013-11-05T10:36:41.174-06:00We've been wrestling over this for the past co...We've been wrestling over this for the past couple of years. For US, we believe that handing out candy as part of trick-or-treating is still participating in the celebration of things we don't find celebration-worthy. (And in our neighborhood, people are pretty good about just not coming up to the door if the porch light isn't on, so we aren't pretending not to be home or something.) But it's a day when people are readily willing to interact with strangers - or even to come to US! - so it seems a shame to pass up the opportunity.<br /><br />I mulled over it for a while, trying to figure out how we can take advantage of the opportunity to interact with neighbors at a time when they're willing, while still being very obviously DIFFERENT from those around us. What finally came to me (too late to implement this year, unfortunately) was that WE can go door-to-door, GIVING people something, instead of ASKING for something. That's a pretty radical departure from the surrounding culture, but will still let us interact with neighbors in a positive way while they're already expecting to be opening their doors!Rachel R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01598574256854766532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483298362782673850.post-69780155071132148792013-11-04T12:04:18.340-06:002013-11-04T12:04:18.340-06:00Something to think about... Christmas is pagan and...Something to think about... Christmas is pagan and there is nothing we can do to make Yahweh like it. If he is the same yesterday and today then why would we think it would be okay to observe pagan days and try to christianize them. Who are we to change his commandments and laws? According to his word we are not to do that. Especially considering the last days that we live in. Hear the word that the Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel. Thus says Yahweh:<br /> “Learn not the way of the nations, nor be dismayed at the signs of the heavens because the nations are dismayed at them, for the customs of the peoples are vanity. A tree from the forest is cut down and worked with an axe by the hands of a craftsman. They decorate it with silver and gold; they fasten it with hammer and nails so that it cannot move. Jeremiah 10:1-4<br /><br />See to it that no one takes you captive by philosophy and empty deceit, according to human tradition, according to the elemental spirits of the world, and not according to Yahshua. Colossians 2:8<br /><br />“Remember the Sabbath day, to keep it holy. Six days you shall labor, and do all your work, but the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your Yahweh. On it you shall not do any work, you, or your son, or your daughter, your male servant, or your female servant, or your livestock, or the sojourner who is within your gates. For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them, and rested on the seventh day. Therefore the Lord blessed the Sabbath day and made it holy. Exodus 20:8-11. We are in the great apostasy of the churches that the bible talks about. We are supposed to keep the true sabbath, Saturday. Sunday is also a pagan worship day. Do not be deceived. The houses of Yahweh or those claiming to be.... will be judged first. I would study revelation 2-3. Wherefore Yahweh said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: Isaiah 29:13 I am telling you this as a warning out of loving my neighbor as myself. That is right men (constantine, roman catholic church) changed the sabbath and added pagan celebrations to so called Christianity. When Yahshua sets up his kingdom he will be keeping the sabbaths and the feast of the tabernacles which is the real holiday we are supposed to observe and passover not Easter. “Moreover also I gave them my Sabbaths, to be a SIGN between me and them, that they might know that I am Yahweh that sanctify them. (Ezekiel 20:12 )…And hallow my Sabbaths; and they shall be a SIGN between me and you, that you may know that I am YAHWEH your Elohim” (Ezek. 20:20 ).<br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483298362782673850.post-20405410397932957322013-11-04T11:44:03.131-06:002013-11-04T11:44:03.131-06:00This is pretty much my stance as well. (http://www...This is pretty much my stance as well. (http://www.modernishhomemaker.com/2013/10/redeeming-halloween.html) . . . . I don't do scary decorations or scary costumes. But I do decorate for fall (it stays up through Thanksgiving) and do help with trick-or-treating. This year, since I don't get any trick-or-treaters at my house (because it's off an alley and fairly secluded) I helped out with trick-or-treating at the house of one of the ladies in my Bible study group. My church sponsored an event called "SHINE" and provided fun games, prizes and treat bags (with the church logo and website info printed on them - and can be used as good lunch sacks too). The Bible study ladies added candy to the mix. We handed out over 300 glow sticks and goodie bags before running out - and got to share about The Light of the World during a dark season. We also got to share in potluck food and fellowship amongst ourselves. I don't have kids and I've never been a big Halloween fan myself, especially now that I'm grown up (Christmas and Thanksgiving are my favorite holidays) - but this year was probably the most fun I've ever had for Halloween.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420913955552996515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483298362782673850.post-44103513012159611302013-11-01T09:03:06.731-05:002013-11-01T09:03:06.731-05:00Funny you should post this-- I saw something very ...Funny you should post this-- I saw something very similar (although much more snarky!) a few days ago and thought it was a really great idea! We live so far out in the country we've never had a single trick-or-treater in the ten years I've lived here, but it kind of made me wish we could do something like this! Blessings for your next year!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com