It has been said that the ultimate aim of Christian faith is not to make people "believers" in the faith (per se), but rather to make exemplars of the very best of humanity. (God did create "humanity" after all, in the very beginning.) If this is true, understanding what it means to be human is part and parcel of faithful discipleship. In short, everyone needs a story by which they live, a community with whom they belong, and a purpose to which they contribute. That's it. Followers of Jesus can be invigorated by their faith as one of the most powerful and life-transforming conduits for these three most important needs of being human.