As Christians committed to recovering the integrity of our witness to Jesus
Christ, today offers us a perfect opportunity to do so. We might excuse a
lukewarm Olympian indulgence in the observance of Halloween. Far better,
however, would be to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the
surprising start of a profound reformation of the Roman Catholic Church sparked by Father Martin Luther on October 31, 1517. We might celebrate this well by reading the
original Ninety-Five Theses that
caused all the excitement to begin with. We might do this even better by
discussing this document with our companions in our prophetic mission group.
To better understand The Ninety-Five Theses as spark, some background might prove helpful.
Martin Luther was born on November 10, 1483, in Eisleben, Saxony. He was baptized the next day on the Feast of St. Martin of Tours.