Behind the protests occurring in recent years on city streets, on college campuses, and at governmental offices lie many deeply felt emotions and convictions. People have been rising up against actions they perceive to be unjust and want to feel that they are being heard. 

While human efforts to confront injustice are often noble, they are not always effective. But there is a way for issues to be addressed, individuals heard, and injustices righted, and Jesus showed us that way. He taught us to appeal to a higher law—the law of God—through prayer. This prayer, an appeal to God’s nature as impartial Love, is more than just a hope or wish; Jesus showed that it is uniquely effective.

Mary Baker Eddy, the Discoverer of Christian Science and founder of this magazine, characterized Jesus’ prayers as “deep and conscientious protests of Truth,—of man’s likeness to God and of man’s unity with Truth and Love” (Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, p. 12). These prayer protests brought release from all kinds of illness for countless individuals. And when Jesus himself was unjustly sentenced to be crucified, he turned to Truth and Love—to God—and showed us that forgiveness and love are powerful protests against evil. His understanding that God is man’s unending Life overturned death, enabling him to come out of the tomb alive.