There's a lot to like in this story of a liberal church grappling with tacial tensions.  You understand where everyone is coming from, and their pain as they try to  hold their church together feels real and understandable. Still, the book annoyed me a bit, perhaps because I'm permanently allergic to the goal of persuading everyone on earth that they have to believe the way that you do -- and that's what this church's project boils down to in the end.