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Sufjan Stevens’s ghosts
For a songwriter steeped in grief and religion, learning to live with what he’s lost may be its own kind of faith.
New poll examines pastors' opinions of Halloween
by Emily McFarlan Miller
Fear that manufactures numbness
I went to a haunted house. I did not enjoy it.
by Peter W. Marty
Halloween's tradition of shadowy characters makes it as good a time as any to think on the reality of evil, sin and death that besets us.
by Rodney Clapp