Christian Liberals & Progressive People of Faith

Very liberal progressive church background but my wife and I have always loved high church liturgy and found contemporary services with rock bands to be annoying. And the Lutheran churches in my area have been moving in that direction for years. We started attending the local Episcopal Cathedral and immediately fell in love.
High church, sung liturgy, "bells and smells". I immediately fell in love with the preaching - the Dean is an astrophysicist and introduces interesting takes on science into his sermons. The other priest is a gay New Zealander by way of the Anglican church and he is almost the opposite - coming as close to denying the resurrection as you can within the church. He is also a trained psychologist and the best counselor I've ever met with - he helped me through some tough times when I was unemployed a couple years ago. And he summed up my problem with the Lutheran church perfectly "Too much happy-clappy."
The congregation is mostly cast-offs from other denominations - a lot of Catholics and Presbyterians and especially a lot of gays. The choir is phenomenal - many members are from the Phoenix Chorale - which has multiple Grammy awards - the church has an art gallery and sponsors local artists for first Friday artwalks. The community has a large 20-40 year-old contingency and an active Spanish community that apparently joined our church when Sheriff Joe started nosing around outside their old house of worship. We work heavily with the homeless in Phoenix, are active in immigrant rights issues in Phoenix and do a lot of work on the border as well.
I still miss some of the Lutheran things of my childhood - the hymns have different melodies and the Christmas carols have different verses (not to mention some hymn "Once in Royal David's City" that I'd never heard until Christmas 3 years ago when we joined) - but I can honestly say I've never felt more at home in a church than I do now - and I"ve never felt the urge to give more than I can to a church like I do now.