I’ve never been a big fan of Halloween. Growing up, sure, I loved it. What kid didn’t?
But ever since high school or so I’ve always hated the dark side of Halloween and how its promotes evil things as ok if only for a day.
So this year I’m going to focus my attention on something else.
Something far more deserving of being recognized as any kind of holiday or event.
Reformation Day. Or what I would call Martin Luther Day.
On October 31st, 1517 Martin Luther mailed an essay to a leader in the Catholic church and nailed the same document to the door of a Catholic church in Germany. This is commonly referred to as Luther’s 95 Theses.
What followed changed the course of Christianity.
It was the most significant day in Christian history since the times written about in the Bible.
Protestants, Presbyterians, Baptists, Methodists, Quakers, Lutherans, Episcopalians…they all have October 31st, 1517 to thank for their existence.
We get to hear English during our church services instead of Latin thanks to Luther.
For Halloween am I choosing to focus on the Reformation (started by Luther) and the many positive things that have come about for the Christian faith from it.
They are much more worthy than costumes, pranks, and jack o’ laterns.
