Pitcher's Hands Analysis

It takes one major blow to turn the course of a life upside down. In Pitcher’s Hands, Curt was the guy who held the standard for a college student. There was nothing to hate about him since he had grown up being infused with Christian morals. In fact, his Christian morals lead him to a volunteer opportunity to help a paraplegic take a bath once a week. It seemed as if Curt was living a model Christian life. Now take Brad from The Voice of the Body into consideration. He was willing to be dragged along to church weekly with his parents, had a hard time getting out of bed in the morning, and did not communicate well with his parents. For both Curt and Brad, it only took one event in each of their lives to alter their walk of life forever in the faith. Our Christian faith should influence how we act out of gratitude for God’s saving grace. James 2:14a and 17 says, “What good is it, my brothers and sisters, if someone claims to have faith but has no deeds… faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” Curt seemed to think his faith was showing himself through actions when he volunteered to help Anjo, a paraplegic at his college, into and out of the whirlpool once a week. The fact of the matter was, Curt had
He was extremely passive about his faith, which is seen in him attending church for the sole reason that his parents require him to. It seems as if he never thought of his faith as a priority until an incident occurred at his summer job and he placed the blame on himself. Four kids his age drowned in the heavy surf at the state park where he was employed. Brad was blamed by his boss for letting the kids into the park in the first place and says he “should have known better…[than to] take a canoe out into those waves.” He was called by his boss to activate what he knows and to take action. He knew that the surf was dangerous, but he let the group in