Article July 6, 2015 Issue

Joy and dominion

Maija Baldauf

When I was growing up, almost every conversation I had with my mother about how to approach a challenge through prayer included her sweet reminder that often joy comes before dominion in our demonstration of Christian healing. And one of my favorite hymns says:

O perfect Mind, reveal Thy likeness true,
That higher selfhood which we all must prove,
Joy and dominion, love reflecting Love.
(Violet Hay, Christian Science Hymnal, No. 66, © CSBD)