Opinion

October was a lot of skeletons and zombies and ghosts and it made me realize that Halloween omits an important step before the afterlife. The transition. All of these spirits were once living but now they’re dead. Fine, technically a zombie is undead. Which is a confusing. The prefix “un” means the absence of something. So if you’re unlikable, no one likes you. So I don’t understand how “undead” means dead but not dead. Anyway, I’m not sure whether you would want to have a service for the undead. I don’t know the etiquette on that one. But the ghosts and skeletons and were once living. And now they’re dead. So my question is: what did they think of their send off? Good turnout? Was there the right amount of weeping and wailing? I mean, you want some waterworks. But wallto- wall waterworks requires an arc and those things are really hard to park.

Question: I was wondering what the state guidelines are regarding smoked or tinted headlights. Are they legal? Answer: Minnesota law does not allow for this.

The evening is coming when children, and I use that term “children” loosely, will come to my door, dressed in costumes that range from cute to the macabre to the barely there. These little people will hold their bag of candy/ loot in front of me, and utter the phrase “Trick or Treat”.

What is faith? Is it about something inside yourself? Is it about something I have done or can do? God’s Word says that faith saves us. How? Is your faith strong enough to save you? What about in judgment before God? Have you done enough?

October is the month where everyone tries to scare me. They plant ghosts and goblins and witches and skeletons in their front yard.