Thanks! I think I've read something by Tim Keller in my evangelical days and I quite enjoyed it.

It's interesting that your experience with zen buddhism is exactly the primary 'fear' I have when it comes to the next step of joining a 'community'. So far my indirect experiences have not been positive, and after having wandered outside of (my particular) Christian community for close to a decade I really miss the 'reading books to children with cancer at Children's Hospital' component that was so integral to it all. That's not to say that non-Christians don't engage in this, but just that it feels different. More diffuse and conveniently opt-in. It's one of the reasons I've even considered 'joining the flock' again despite my intellectual issues with the whole thing.

Food for thought, thanks again.