Jay Bakker and Marc Brown have an editorial posted on CNN. It explores the problems that Christianity has created for itself in the past few decades. I like the fact that it puts the blame squarely on Christians, and not on some invisible Christian-hating enemy. I also like that rather than giving some sort of answer for the major issues raised by Christians today, they focus instead on setting the terms of the debate. You should read it yourself, but the key passage comes in this discussion of Jesus:

"His parables and lessons were focused on love and forgiveness, a message of "come as you are, not as you should be." The bulk of his time was spent preaching about helping the poor and those who are unable to help themselves. At the very least, Christians should be counted on to lend a helping hand to the poor and others in need."

Seems to fit the goals of this blog nicely.