Although many of Hopkins’s poems meditate on the miracle of ... “Carrion Comfort” fits with the Christian roots of Halloween as an appraisal of faith in the face of horror.

Somewhere, in the halls of history, Halloween or All Hallows Eve ... His blog is part of the CCblogs network. Since 1900, the Christian Century has published reporting, commentary, poetry, and essays ...

The poem states, "Boo ... the evening before All Saints’ (or All Hallows’) Day. Halloween day marks the day before the Western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the season of ...

While many Americans spend October excitedly planning for Halloween’s costumes and candies, many conservative Evangelical Christians look ahead to the holiday with dread. Pastors may warn about ...