God made us to be together. After God created the first human being God realized, “It is not good that the human is alone” (Genesis 2:18). So God placed us in a web of relationships; families, tribes, groups, communities, etc. Finding our place in those relationships can sometimes be challenging. We want to be in relationships that are authentic, caring and hopeful. We want to belong. In John 15 we are taught that in Christ we are connected as a branch is connected to a vine. Beyond the superficiality we so often experience, we can belong to one another and to Christ who is the “True Vine”.