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[...] 9. How is Carving a Pumpkin Like Being a ChristianI struggled with whether to carve pumpkins with my children when they got old enough to ask about it. This devotional turns the secular tradition into an object lesson for kids! [...]

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By: Angela Fehr

Angela Fehr — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 04:03:00 +0000

We’ve used trick or treating as an opportunity to touch base with the neighbours in our rural subdivision. Christ has the victory over Satan so why do we need to be fearful about Halloween? (or anything else for that matter?)
My 4 year old’s Sunday School teacher did the pumpkin parable last week for Sunday School and Scooter loved it! She remembered a good portion of the lesson because of the visual of the pumpkin.

By: {Karla}

{Karla} — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 03:55:00 +0000

love love love this. thank you for posting it on Boo-ya (and sorry I am so behind in mentioning it ;0)

xo~K

By: Ava Semerau

Ava Semerau — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 10:03:00 +0000

This is a fabulous parable and thanks so much for sharing it..hehe again apparently!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:16:00 +0000

Thanks for sharing, I truly enjoyed this post. I felt exactly the same way until I had my little ones too. We don’t do the scary customes and in the past, I’ve done some little handouts that I give to the kids along with candy that talk about Jesus.

By: Carey

Carey — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 02:40:00 +0000

Have fun. The Lord of the harvest makes all things new. Let’s not forget that the harvest, which is represented by the pumpkin, is a series of events–a gathering of resources–that our Jehovah Jireh made possible for His people, long before the devil tried to steal the celebration for himself.
Carve on, little princesses! And please pass the pumpkin pie.
Carey

By: Greg

Greg — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:44:00 +0000

Hi! My wife (Farrah) showed me your post, and I really liked the pumpkin analogy. I had never thought of it that way. As she said, we don’t do any of the scary stuff, though we do like to dress up as superheroes. I like to get creative with my carving; I’ll put up some pictures on my blog soon, if you’d like to check them out.

By: Farrah

Farrah — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 06:38:00 +0000

What a neat post! I really enjoyed reading the pumpkin carving spiritual lesson. Our son REALLY looks forward to dressing up each year, so I can’t imagine missing out on that. We don’t do the yucky stuff and avoid scary decorations, etc. It’s just a fun, clean thing we all enjoy each year.

By: Jessica

Jessica — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 01:10:00 +0000

I just posted using Liz’s book The Pumpkin Patch Parable as a resource last week. I love the prayers to go along with carving, though. I hadn’t seen those before. Thanks for sharing!

By: Classic MaMa

Classic MaMa — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 23:30:00 +0000

Gotta tell you, I’m one of the only ones in my circle of friends that lets their kid out for Halloween. Scarlett dresses up as a Bible character or a missionary or some other person of faith. (Her idea) She goes out and instead of saying “trick or treat” says “God bless your house”. The adults usually do a double take, ask her what she said and then smile and thank her.