"As the Father has loved me, so I have loved you; abide in my love. If you keep my commandments, you will abide in my love, just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in his love." -- John 15: 9-10

The word “abide” isn’t used as much in modern speech. Rather, we will more readily use the word “reside” as it is alluded to in the scriptures today. To reside is “to have a home,” “to be present in or belong,” or “to be vested or placed in somebody or something.” When we make our home within Christian community, we invest in belonging–being in a particular place with a particular people–having a spiritual home. This does not require us to all have the same perspectives. It only asks of us to be present to each other with love.