Article January 4, 2010 Issue

INTO THE 'CLOSET' TO PRAY

FUJIKO SIGNS

THE CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR

MUCH OF THE NEWS from my home country, Japan, does not sound promising—the highest unemployment rate since the end of World War II, lack of political stability and initiative. People are feeling fear and frustration, which will not yield constructive solutions and decisionmaking.

The founder of this newspaper, Mary Baker Eddy, sometimes urged people to pray at times like this for the progress of nations, and for humanity at large (see, for example, Christian Science versus Pantheism, p. 14).

But how can we begin to pray? Jesus instructed his followers to go into the closet and pray (see Matt. 6:6). He said this before offering a prayer that later came to be known as the Lord's Prayer. This prayer is so famous that even many who are not Christians know it.

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