Christianity calls the human creature to be something it desires at its deepest levels: love of oneself and others. But this effort appears throughout human history to be the most challenging to practice carrying out because of our inability to be obedient to that call, that desire. We “try” to obtain that virtue through unvirtuous behaviors. The one human (and divine) being who taught and showed us how to achieve our deepest desire was Jesus of Nazareth, the Christ. Jesus was the consummate example of being an example of love to the core of what we are created to be. As the Son of God, he could have certainly been the most dominant leader the world had ever seen by wielding his divine power to bring us all in line with the ways of God. But he chose to wield his power and authority through forgiving and healing, always appealing to our free will and never forcing himself on anyone. That defines being a servant leader, and this, in my experience, is the hardest saying we have difficulty dealing with. And because we have difficulty with this teaching and therefore fail to provide others with a model of this kind of “lived love,” many baptized Christians have turned to what the world models as the “way to live” and turn their back on anything related to what they believe is a failed way to live life. The most earth-shaking thing I think any faithful follower of Jesus can hear from people is, “God has no place in my life. He is not relevant.” When the author of life is no longer relevant, our response should be to double down on being his light and love because light dispels the darkness of this thought process, and seeing love lived out concurs all. People will come to love’s light when they see its impact on how we live our lives as his disciples, obedient to love’s calling of fostering a servant’s heart.