I think we could say that John in his Letters is describing a community trying to get along with one another in between telling stories of Jesus and experiencing Jesus’s saving work in their lives. They are most aware of Jesus on the mountains, but somehow when they return to the valley, they manage to leave Jesus on the mountains. So the Letters are about Christians getting along with one another, loving one another in the valley during an ordinary workweek with neighbors and spouses and children, jobs and responsibilities.
