When death is OK and not OK
“It’s OK son, you can tell me.” Those words have haunted and comforted me for 22 years. Pastors are often the spiritual “first responders” called upon in times of tragedy. The victim of the car crash was just 16. Her only family was her 18 year-old brother who was now being asked to make the decision of whether to remove life support for his brain-dead sister. I was called because the...