The third season of the hit television show Glee takes us back to Lima, Ohio and William McKinley High School. For seven of the characters, it is their senior year. And with that comes excitement for what the future will hold. While also bringing with it uncertainty about what the future will hold. But, thankfully, they have their glee club friends to help them out and be there for them.

Season one of the show came in like a breath of fresh air to a dull television set. Season two, however, left much to be desired. Season three raised the bar again. With just a first few questionable episodes and a Christmas episode that seemed to lack direction, this season offers a lot. It has the themed episodes based on a singer. The two most noted were the tributes to Michael Jackson and the timely and touching tribute to Whitney Houston. The season is also loaded with guest stars, including Ricky Martin, Whoopi Goldberg, Lindsay Lohan, Matt Boomer, and Jeff Goldblum.

The season also deals with some difficult topics without being too dark. Domestic violence, texting while driving, and teen suicide are a few of the topics that get some mic time. And all of this is done within the context of community. As the Psalm writer says in Psalm 133, "Look at how good and pleasing it is when families live together as one!" (Common English Bible) The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer writes that it should "not be taken for granted that the Christian has the privilege of living among other Christians."

Throughout the season we see the students learn what it means to be in community; to support one another, to laugh with one another, to cry with one another, and to fight for one another. The students at McKinley High remind us that we, as people of faith, are to be in community as well. Bonhoeffer would remind us that this is a spiritual reality. We are not to live this life alone. We are to be on this journey together.