From the recent U2 spread in Rolling Stone:
RS: “What is your religious belief today? What is your concept of God?”
Bono: “If I could put it simply, I would say that I believe there’s a force of love and logic in the world, a force of love and logic behind the universe. And I believe in the poetic genius of a creator who would choose to express such unfathomable power as a child born in ‘straw poverty’; i.e., the story of Christ makes sense to me.”
RS: “How does it make sense?”
Bono: “As an artist, I see the poetry of it. It’s so brilliant. That this scale of creation, and the unfathomable universe, should describe itself in such vulnerability, as a child. That is mind-blowing to me. I guess that would make me a Christian. Although I don’t use the label, because it is so very hard to live up to. I feel like I’m the worst example of it, so I just kind of keep my mouth shut.”

Bono captures a central struggle i have, when it comes to using the term 'christian' to describe myself. There is too much within the story of Jesus that makes sense, that connects -- not only logically, but in a existential and soul satiating way -- for me not to believe .... but too much in everyday life -- especially my own -- for me to run around with a banner, or to volunteer to be a posterchild for christianity.

perhaps that's the point ...