365 times we're told it in Scripture in different forms: "Fear not." "Do not be afraid." But there's still trepidation, isn't there, as we wait to see how the American episcopate will respond to the Situation at their meeting in Dallas. We know that they can be trusted as shepherds only to the extent that they are united in following Him and trusting His word.

For them and for us, then, a week of hymns of trust and assurance, beginning with Isaac Watts's great meditation on the text of Psalm 90, O God Our Help in Ages Past.