I was googling "Lenten Journey" the other day.  A long-stanidng tradition to use the 6 pre-spring, pre-Easter, weeks to ask who am I?  what are my roots for daily living?  how do I nourish my spirit, what makes me me?  How is my "me" connected to other "me"s?  Anyways, in my internet wandering I came across a great line:
Going to Church makes you a Christian about as much as sleeping in a garage makes you a car.

Got me thinking.  What does make a person Christian?  Does it matter? Is "Christia...
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  We've got 2 new signs happening here this week. One says  "Celebrating JC at the Heart of JB" and the other is a freshly painted United Church Crest  (Thank you John and Tony.)   How do we celebrate JC?   Maybe it's worth asking: Who is JC to you?  
The crest reminds us that each of us is endowed with a divine spirit -- that's the Dove; so you are my teacher: who is JC to you? and how do you find and celebrate this in our community at JB? 
* submitted by Heather  Sandilands...
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