Diagnosis versus Cure
Steven Riddle has that rare gift of encouragement. He is not blind to reality yet exudes hopefulness. I think most of us appear more interested in diagnosis than in cure simply because, at least in the spiritual life, there is more complexity in diagnosis and we love complexity. There are a million ways we or the Church can stumble but only one way we or the Church can go right: Christ.
It seems a shame but is not surprising that St. James is remembered for the diagnosis - "faith without works is dead" - rather than the Cure, which he gives a few lines later: "Give in to God, then; resist the devil, and he will run away from you. The nearer you go to God, the nearer he will come to you."
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