Tag Archives: Halloween

Halloween Dream

Posted on November 2, 2016 by bobjanisdillon

It has been foretold that you will enter an uncertainty, vast and deep – a dark wood, unattempted yet in prose or rhyme – armed only with an orange, plastic, pumpkin bucket. Your parent or guardian is in the distance … Continue reading →

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Sermon: “Ghosts”

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

Thanks to Dorothea Dix Unitarian Universalist Community for hosting me. Here’s the text of the sermon: It was after the waves of pirates and princesses, after the ninjas wearing bathrobes and plastic swords, after the cute little pumpkin being pushed … Continue reading →

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Your Monday Blessing: Halloween edition

Posted on October 27, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

There may come a time in life’s journey when thine own self rings as hollow and false as an old fool in an usurper’s court. Fear not. Well, OK, fear a little, but wonder, too. Pick up your plastic pumpkin … Continue reading →

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Halloween story/sermon – audio & text

Posted on October 23, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

I love preaching about Halloween, this time of transformation, wonder, and possibility. This is a version of a sermon I recently preached at the Unitarian Society of Ridgewood. All the characters are fictional and any resemblance to people living or … Continue reading →

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Your Monday blessing: ‘Tis the Season

Posted on October 20, 2014 by bobjanisdillon

‘Tis the Season Autumn’s ancient days are freshly here – The fall of man’s ambition, bringing grace. Angelic ghosts and costumed babes endear The infant twinklings ‘neath the moon’s new face. Delicious dark, your mystery unbound Brings freedom to the … Continue reading →

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Halloween Transformation Sermon (audio and text)

Posted on October 28, 2013 by bobjanisdillon

A sermon for Halloween: “Trying on a New Face”. Fiction: any resemblance to persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental. Happy Halloween! (First 5 minutes is a gorgeous original musical meditation by Andy von Aulock) “Transformation: Trying on a New … Continue reading →

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