SFPNN
Special Edition –
Halloween: Theology and Logic
Join us on-line at: http://www.sfpnn.com/
________________________________________________________________
— Thanks to author, Joseph Walker, for today's Special Edition
HALLOWEEN: THEOLOGY
By Joseph Walker
I’m not sure why I decided to
dress up as Fidel Castro for Halloween in 1962.
It may seem self-evident. October 1962 was the month of the Cuban
Missile Crisis, which means it was probably on the nightly news, and the
Walkers were big Walter Cronkite watchers back in the day. When he said, “That’s the way it is” . . .
well, that’s the way it was.
But I was 7, and I paid no
attention to anything on TV that didn’t feature clowns, cowboys or Mouseketeers. In
retrospect, I think I only knew three things about Castro: he had a beard, he
always wore fatigues and he smoked a big, fat cigar. And to my 7-year-old way of thinking, that
was the makings of a great Halloween costume.
I was especially interested in the cigar, since I had a foot-long
plastic stogie left over from the previous year’s hobo costume. To me, that made the transition from homeless
vagabond to totalitarian dictator completely natural.
But not to
Mom.
“You want to be WHO?”
After eight children, you’d
think that Mom had seen and heard pretty much everything. But I took pride in occasionally coming up
with something that seemed to stump her – or to at least make her wonder why
seven wasn’t enough.
“Castro,” I said. “You know – that beardy guy on TV?”
“Yes,” Mom said, “I know who he
is. I just don’t know why you would want
to be him.”
Well, there were a million
reasons.
I just couldn’t think of any at
the moment.
“I don’t know,” I said after a
fairly pregnant pause.
“You don’t know?” Mom asked, her
dark eyes flashing and her carefully coiffed black hair bobbing. “You don’t know who he is? You don’t know what he stands for? You don’t know what he almost did to our
country?”
Mom was sweet and kind and
loving, just like a mother is supposed to be.
I adored her. But I also feared
her. She was stocky and tough, and she
had a way of looking at you – hands on hips, head slightly bowed with her eyes
glaring up at you over the top of her glasses – that made you want to run and
hide behind your mother.
Except . . . she WAS my mother.
“Well,” I stammered, trying to
come up with something . . . anything . . . “Um . . . he . . . you know . . .
wants to blow up . . . um . . . something...”
“He wants to blow up
I thought about it for a
second. President Kennedy was cool. I mean, his family played touch football on
the White House lawn – how cool was that?
We all tried to imitate his accent (you haven’t lived until you’ve heard
western boys try to do a
But President Kennedy had really
cool hair and was thin and handsome. I
had a butch cut and was pudgy and . . . well . . . I figured I could pull off
Castro, but I couldn’t pull off Kennedy.
So I was the Devil that Halloween,
and Mom was OK with that. Don’t ask me
why it was NOT appropriate for me to be Fidel Castro, but it was OK for me to
be Satan. There are some things that
defy theology and logic.
Especially on Halloween.
-- © Joseph
Walker
E-mail Joseph
For more stories
from Joseph, please visit http://www.sfpnn.com/joseph_walker1.htm
*
* * CHECK OUT Joseph Walker's LATest bookS! * * *
"Look What Love Has Done: Five-Minute Messages to Lift
Your Spirit."
"How Can You Mend a Broken Spleen? Home Remedies for an Ailing World."
* * *
Find all of your favorite SFPNN Special Editions in one place at: http://www.sfpnn.com/pnn_special_edition.htm
Also look for our Soul Magic series! http://www.sfpnn.com/soul_magic.htm
For current and back issues of Sir Froggie's Positive News Network, go to: http://www.sfpnn.com/pnn_current_issues.htm
______________________________________________________________
Ask
me about Angel Therapy®, Reiki and Theta
Healing!
(Click to e-mail.)
For help receiving Divine guidance, healing energy and positive life changes,
e-mail Jeanette (SFPNN’s Editor) or visit the following webpages for more
information:
Angel Therapy®: http://www.sfpnn.com/ask_your_angels.htm
Reiki: http://www.sfpnn.com/reiki.htm
Theta Healing: http://www.sfpnn.com/theta_healing.htm
Sessions may be done in person, over the phone, or even via e-mail in some
instances.
________________________________________________________________
sfpnn subscription information
We welcome you to share your sfpnns
with others but please note… SFPNN is NOT
"spam" and may only be received through a confirmed free subscription
request from yourself or from someone who wished to give you a subscription as
a gift.
To SUBSCRIBE to Sir Froggie's Positive
News Network, click on the following link and enter the appropriate
information:
http://www.sfpnn.com/subscribe_to_pnn1.htm
To change your existing subscription to a different e-mail address, or to UNSUBSCRIBE, use the link at the
bottom of your individual issue.
________________________________________________________________
submission guidelines
If you’ve got a story you would like to submit to
Sir Froggie’s Positive News Network,
please visit the following link for our Submission Guidelines. This is the best way to get your work
published in our e-zine. Thanks for
sharing!
http://www.sfpnn.com/Submission%20Guidelines.htm
________________________________________________________________
This and every issue of SFPNN is
dedicated to MISTY, a tiny angel who taught us to love unconditionally and bask
in the glory and joy of each moment.
For more information about Misty, please read Misty’s Miracle at: http://www.sfpnn.com/SoulMagic/Soul2001/sm040601.htm and visit our Reflections of a Zen Master / Fuzzy Tales page at: http://www.sfpnn.com/misty.htm .
________________________________________________________________
"ONLY LOVE PREVAILS" — © Beverley Waller