Most of us have been taught since childhood that needing other people is a sign of weakness, and that lesson has followed us right into church, where we can shout together on Sunday and suffer completely alone by Monday. Bishop-Elect Mack preached from Mark 2, where four friends refused to accept a crowded door as the final answer and tore a hole in a roof to lower their paralyzed friend directly to Jesus, and made the case that this is exactly what Christian community is supposed to look like. Drawing on Proverbs 27:17 and Galatians 6:2, he challenged The L.I.V.E. Church to move past a version of faith that looks like isolated individuals sitting in the same room, toward a living community where people actually carry each other's burdens, believe God on behalf of each other when personal faith runs out, and do whatever it takes to get the people they love to Jesus. The message landed with a simple, direct declaration: isolation is a trap, your faith was never meant to be lived alone, and you need Jesus and you need people who will get you there.