As Christians, we have long believed that how we live matters to God. We are to live as neighbors to one another, the foundation of which is knowing the God to whom they belong. Jesus demonstrated with his life that the way we live with God and our neighbor was by losing oneself. If any want to become my follower, let that one deny oneself, Jesus said. And again, the only way to keep your life is by losing your life. But our reality . . . .