We can talk about the End Times and whether and how Jesus is coming again. Or, we can cut to the chase and talk about Death and how we embrace death or avoid its reality. This is a tender and difficult subject but central to being a follower of Jesus and learning the wisdom of living a full life. It is through the embrace of our own death that sparks our living. But it seems so hard. Sacred Texts: I Thessalonians 4:13-18 and Matthew 25:1-13