Steve,

You're challenging us to think and expand our spiritual concepts outside of our limited "God box" into place where a lot of people are very uncomfortable. Keep up the good work! 

After first reading your piece, I went to a co-worker who was raised Muslim in a country I shall not name here and who became a Christian after coming to America to ask some questions. His conversion was the result of seeking the fellowship of other Muslims and discovering that some were Christians. He holds the same basic beliefs that are common across Christianity, but his view is distinctly colored by his spiritual heritage and he views things through the "lens" of Islam because that is so deeply ingrained in him. I think he is a great illustration of what you are describing, yet a believer whom many of those commenting here would not consider a believer in Jesus at all because of their limited views of what it means to believe in Him.