Most Holy One, fear is in the air. Some are afraid of the escalation of war and for others within it there is fear for safety and life and limb. For some it is fear of the cost of basics like gas and food. Still others are afraid of what the future holds for our planet and its people. The instruction to not be afraid is to be found 365 times in our scripture, one for each day of the year, but that does not stop us. And so for today, we place our fear gently in your care. Please hold it for us so that we might have the strength to peek over that fear into the possibility that tomorrow offers. Bravery in the face of fear will be hard so let us place our confidence in your ability to carry us through, this day and all our days. In your sacred name we pray, O God. Amen.