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I thought my neighborhood didn't need prayer . . .

From The Christian Science Journal - February 17, 2014


My neighborhood doesn’t need prayer!”

That is exactly what came to me when I saw the cover of the August 5, 2013, Christian Science Sentinel:Prayer for our neighborhoods.” I was grateful for my nice, fairly quiet neighborhood with no particular problems. We live on a dead-end street, with only a few houses and one small apartment building. No friendly block parties or get-togethers, but it’s considered a safe and pleasant place to live. Children can play in the streets.

As I ponder this thought of prayer for my surroundings, it dawns on me that there are actually a few things in my neighborhood that could use prayerful attention. Things that have been tucked away, so out of sight and hidden from thought that I actually accepted without question that my neighborhood didn’t need active prayer.

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