Robert Jensen's interesting and, perhaps to some, provocative testimony about the value an atheistic progressive finds in being part of a mainline Christian congregation.

A real Christian who doesn't believe in God? This claim requires some explanation about the reasons I joined, and also opens up a discussion of what the term "Christian" could, or should, mean.

The essay sparks in me thoughts about the way the good news is spread. George C. Hunter III's The Celtic Way of Evangelism contrasts the Celtic approach, based on including people in a community first, with the Roman approach, based on teaching people the doctrines first.