At Christmas, we will celebrate Jesus being a light to the nations and we will boldly invite every neighbour to hear the saving story of the one who came as a light into our world (John 1v9). Just a few months earlier, Halloween is the one time of the year when the children of those neighbours come knocking on our doors in the darkness wanting something from us. Will we turn off the lights, close the curtains and pretend we’re not at home?
A Halloween opportunity
It was September 2020, my family had been enduring the impact of Covid for six months and the prospect of being locked indoors was depressing. I (Nay) prayed, “God, you want us to be salt and light to our friends, but we can’t even leave the house.”
The answer He gave me was Halloween. It was the next event in the calendar, yet as a Christian, I had never taken part in Halloween. This wasn’t something that Christians did and surely I should keep as far away as possible?
Choose you this day whom ye will serve
Every year, when the end of October comes, the Western world dresses itself in darkness. Streets fill with images of …