Tomorrow is Samhain (pronounced sow-in), Halloween in the U.S. and the Day of the Dead in Mexican and Central American countries, and All Hallows Eve, the day before All Saints Day in the Church. As typical of the U.S., Halloween is a consumer materialistic party more than an accurate examination of life and death.Recently, I attended a friend’s memorial service. During the service, two personal friends of the deceased spoke, as well as a pastor of the church. One friend did an excellent job sharing his personal experience of the deceased, painting her as a woman with a connection to God’s heart. The second speaker shared a fictitious story of what might happen in heaven as the deceased arrived.The fictitious story was of Saint Peter at the Pearly Gates checking in new arrivals. It was humorous and touching but not theologically correct. I know such stories have been told forever. Movies have been made, and Television shows have depicted this scene for years.Theologically, at least in the Christian tradition, this is bad, wrong, and misleading…