I recently read a letter from the South Carolina Department of Social Services that gives great insight into how the government can sometimes look upon death.

Dear Sir:

Your food stamps will be stopped effective March 1992, because we received notice that you passed away. May God bless you. You may re-apply if there is a change in your circumstances.1

Circumstances do not change death, but death does change circumstances. We saw that this past week when John McSherry, a 51 year old umpire, collapsed and died on opening day of the baseball season in Cincinnati, Ohio. In life he was booed, cursed, maligned, vilified, and hated; but when he was lying on that baseball field quivering in death, 50,000 people came to a silent hush; players, coaches, and managers prayed and wept, and the game …