“You probably know how it is to be sailing through life on the sunniest of days, and then a storm hits. There is so much to be afraid of in life when we are accosted by threats, whether they be familiar or foreign. These fears can seem so great and we feel so small. Fear is no respecter of age, or gender, or privilege. Fear may be the most common experience we share with all of humankind.” Br. Curtis Almquist finds in our all-too-human fear an invitation to take Jesus at his word: we need not be afraid, for God is with us. Fear becomes a channel for God's presence.