A friend of mine sent me a link to an article about the Archbishop of Canterbury, with the assurance that it is not a story from the satirical news source The Onion.  The headline reads: “Archbishop calls for more praying in churches.”

I had to laugh, and to give thanks to God yet again for the good (reverend) doctor.  More than just about any contemporary theologian I can think of, Rowan Williams understands what it is that ails Christianity today.  Better yet, he understands that the cure is nothing new, nothing fancy, nothing that costs money.  The cure is the tradition itself: prayer, study, worship.  The cure is to focus on our own spiritual health, and as part of that focus to start engaging in the disciplines our faith requires, disciplines that inevitably lead us to seeing the face of God in our neighbor.

It’s simple stuff, but simple stuff that is…