Ballparks and Borrowed Time: A Story About Living Fully with Your Friends and Dying Well After a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

S1E137 - Ballparks and Borrowed Time: A Story About Living Fully with Your Friends and Dying Well After a Terminal Cancer Diagnosis

Published: July 10, 2026

Duration: 33:54

How to “die well together” by investing your remaining time in relationships, joy, and shared experiences—especially in the face of cancer.

Key Story – Bill and the Ballparks

Bill was a retired pastor and Brad’s former supervising pastor.In his late 50s/early 60s, Bill was diagnosed with advanced liver cancer.Doctors made it clear he was unlikely to beat the disease.Instead of isolating himself, Bill:Reached out to his three closest lifelong friends (seminary buddies and fellow pastors).Spent about two years traveling with them to major league baseball parks around the U.S.They wer...