Saint Athanasius Lutheran Church

Even one death is too many. You've heard that phrase. It sounds very pious. It's a good sound bite in our sound bite world. Truth is, though, not all deaths are equal. Some get more press than others. So the truth is: we're confused, aren't we? About death. Is it good or bad? Because for Him, for Jesus, for God, it really is true: even one death is too many. No one was meant to die. No one. But we thought -- and sinfully often still think -- we can do life better than God. Yeah, really! But all we did in the end, was death. But this one death is exactly what was needed. For the death He dies was yours.