“Maybe you’ve heard that sin means “missing the mark.” This doesn’t just mean “doing the wrong thing.” It means missing the whole point of life. “The wages of sin is death” (Romans 6:23), because life is about love and connection, and sin is what disconnects us from God, ourselves, and each other. Sin is forgetting that we are all a part of this together. The alienation and estrangement of sin is its own punishment—it always leads to death.”