Life is Sailing

(Oct 30, 2025)

As we approach Halloween, also known as Reformation Day, it seems like an appropriate time to reflect and remember what is beneficial to dwell on in our minds and hearts. Children are getting excited to dress up. My own children enjoyed pouring candy into a large bowl to get it ready for trick-or-treaters. It is fun to see the excitement and to hand out sweet treats. However, on October 31, 1517, hundreds of years ago, something happened that changed the world forever. Ninety-five theses were nailed to a door. It is worth excitement in our souls, for the reward that came from these 95 thoughts lasts longer than a gob stopper jaw breaker. As frightening as some of hte Halloween costumes and decorations are today, the death that the church taught in 1517 was far more real and devastating to souls. And yet from this darkness, a man was called to share God’s grace from the Bible to the world. The typed word proclaimed His justice but also His merciful provision, without need for intervention or interceding by the church or its rituals.

So as Halloween celebrations happen, perhaps we will reconsider what our minds dwell upon and choose to “seek first His kingdom.”