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Eye on the World: prayer for our cities
Christian Science asserts that prayer can be a powerful response to violence of any kind. In addition to revealing law-enforcement solutions that will protect and uplift everyone, prayer also reduces crime by dissolving the dark mentality that would give purpose to violent acts in the first place.
Those interested in how prayer -- which can seem like a passive response to the visceral problem of crime -- can really make a difference in assuring safety and security will want to read “Prayer that prevents crime in our cities.” The author points out that not only can we refuse to condone violent behavior or accept it as legitimate, we can go a step further by insisting that no element of God’s creation, including us, can victimize or be victimized by another.
“Interrupt violence before it happens” continues this line of reasoning. When we pray for our cities, we’re not asking for God’s miraculous intervention -- we’re seeing that crime of any kind is no part of the expression of God and therefore has no legitimacy in anyone’s thinking, and we’re expecting to see harmony reflected in peaceful communities and constructive interactions with others.
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