Read this in light of the Jesus Map and the comments you're hearing from your unchurched Democratic California, Kerry voting friends...wow. McLaren gets a lot of things right:
A Generous Orthodoxy....an interview with Brian McLaren:
"Next-Wave: In the book you talk about being surrounded by Christians who like the idea of the American God, and the middle-class Republican Jesus. How do you think this culture has distorted the view of lordship?"