A sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost
John 8:36
Halloween is coming soon. If you go to Germany, there is no trick-or-treating. If you go to France, there’s no trick-or-treating. If you go to Italy, Russia, China, India, or Egypt, there’s no trick-or-treating. Trick-or-treating is just something we Americans do. It has spread to Canada and is beginning to get a foothold in England and Hong Kong.
After Christmas, the Superbowl and Halloween are the most expensive holidays in our country. Why is Halloween so popular? It’s fun. The costumes, candy, decorations. Yet there are other things that are fun, too. Other sports, theater, music, festivals of all kinds.
What is it about Halloween that makes it such a big event? It has to do with the fun of being a little wicked, to dress and act as a scoundrel, to flirt with danger and to play with death. There are haunted houses, ghosts in graveyards, and witches on broomsticks.
