"What if God was one of us?" a popular song* asks.

And I ask, "What if God was all of us?"

This collection, Reunion, is a playbook and a map.  It’s a book that plays with grand notions like God, eternity, mortality, life's purpose, identity, and social justice.  It’s a map that navigates beliefs and co-creates meaning.  In this collection, God is referred to as G, a symbolic label to foster a conscious shift when considering what our greater being means. 

The book is written for those who once found value in a historical religion but are no longer confident in or inspired by the messaging and/or institutional workings. 

The story begins at a landing place, a short summary of key provisions assembled after a long quest.  The book’s balance offers snapshots along the way -- diverse perspectives, essays, allegories, myths, and conjectures -- shedding light on how the findings developed.

As a working playbook, it invites tinkering and customization.  This version represents an example of how one might cocreate an updated life map.  I invite you to personalize a version of G that fits your experience.  Cocreate a story that works for you.    

*by Joan Osborne

The G Game: Some Think God

Is God’s existence a given?

• Do most people of faith agree on a shared explanation for God?  A uniform way to guide community thinking and practice?  It seems not.

• God is a thought, an idea that is taught.  We learn what this idea means from the stories told to us when we were young -- by our family, friends, churches, and community. 

• There are many ways to think about God for those interested.  

• Given the different options, how do we choose one that is meaningful and will sustain us in tough times?

• Consider this story as one option for souls still working on their ideas about God.  Who are curious what it all means.  Who question the answers offered by many religions.

• This is a different way to understand God, for people living in a unique time looking for more fulfilling answers.   

• It builds on ideas from the stories of old and moves on. 

• Why?  Many have abandoned historic versions of God, seeing the ideas as worn out and wanting.  

• How do parents who once found value in their childhood understanding of God, since outgrown, now share ideas with their children?   

In the end, we decide what our God story will be, what our life story will become.