Since one thing I feel I want in a church is that it be closer to me than my current one, I decided to look in the Yellow Pages to see what was in the neighborhood. Not surprisingly, there's quite a variety of them, including some pure L.A. items a Krishna Consciousness center, something called "Positive Realism," and something else called the "Spiritual Center for Positive Creative Living."

On the Christian front, many churches have little blurbs to distinguish themselves from the rest. The Unitarian Universalists are up-front: "A Liberal Religion." The Vineyard Christian Fellowship sounds like a clothing line: "Contemporary and Casual." A Presbyterian church simply offers "A Caring Community." The Community Bible Church of Culver City has a series of gerunds without objects: "A Church that Serves God By Proclaiming, Accepting, Celebrating, Equipping and Sending."

But my favorite is this one:

ALL ROADS LEAD TO GOD
The one that leads to us is Overland Ave.

WESTSIDE UNITY CHURCH
"Getting there is half the fun"