Charlie Brown and his friends are going out trick or treating. As often happens, Charlie has given it his best effort, but has come up short again. He is dressed as a ghost. He has tried to cut a couple of holes in it so he can see out of the eye holes, but he has folded it over so many times that when he unfolds it, he has holes everywhere. Once they receive their treats, they walk away comparing what they have.
Every home is the same.
On this Sunday before Halloween which we call Reformation Sunday in the Protestant Churches, this is good news for all the Charlie Browns in our midst. Last spring, I was in Greece for a two week stay. I never imagined in my wildest dreams that I would enjoy that as much as I did. To climb the steps in the center of Athens was absolutely moving. To see the ruins of the Parthenon was indescribable.