Caryn Rivadeneira, guest blogger Halfway through our hayride, around the second bend into the woods, two of our fellow riders — the clown and the guy with the Scream mask propped on top of his head — jumped out. Unlike the rest of us, who had taken the hayride for fall family fun, these guys […]

          By Joy Bauer via:shine Halloween marks the beginning of the holiday season—a fun time of year for enjoying friends and family, but also filled with edible booby traps! Candy for trick-or-treaters is everywhere, and pretty soon we’ll be seeing Thanksgiving pies and Christmas cookies, too. But that doesn’t have to […]

By Mary Fairchild for About.com Many Christians choose not to observe Halloween. As one of the most popular holidays in our culture—for some more celebrated than Christmas—it can present a challenge for Christian families, especially when children are involved. Although I won’t discuss here all the “whys” and “why nots,” and what the Bible says […]