St. Luke Lutheran Church

As Americans we idolize independence.  In America we have the Declaration of Independence.  We like songs like “I’ve Got to Be Me,” “I’ll do it my way,” I don't need anybody to tell me what it’s all about.  We honor the Lone Ranger.  We love the Lone Ranger.  Of course, even the Lone Ranger had Tonto but we like the idea of being totally independent.  We have bought into a myth that says that the key to happiness is independence.  If I have relational independence, financial independence, independence in every other area of my life, if I don’t let anybody get too close to me but I'm totally self-sufficient, then I will be happy.  And yet every year the suicide rate tends to rise.  Obviously, that’s not true.  God says that the key to happiness is not independence but inter-dependence.  We need each other.  We belong to each other.  We need community in our lives.  God wired you to go through life not as a solitary individual but in community. In this sermon series we will talk about what it means for you and me to be in community with each other and Jesus