This hit me pretty hard in the gut. I watched him pitch yesterday. I followed his career in the minor leagues. And now he is gone.

This question filled my mind when I read of his death. Do we live in the context of death?

Do we live our own lives in the context of death, in the knowledge that the next hour might be our last on this earth?

And do we treat others in the context of death, in the knowledge that the next hour of their life might be their last chance to escape eternal death?

Do we look at the people around us in the context of death, in the knowledge that they are dying, not just physically, but spiritually?

Death breaks my heart, most of all because judgment is coming and the church is failing in its calling to make disciples of all nations.

People are dying, what are you doing?