... somewhat more readily; it's because she saw how his previous instructions worked out. In our lives, God's purposes often remain a mystery. During the opening credits for Joan of Arcadia each week, we heard the song "What If God Was One of Us?" being sung by another Joan — Joan Osborne. Actually that song was written back in 1996, and was a hit for Osborne then. Although the credits sequence didn't give time for us to hear the entire song, another part of the full lyrics asked a question similar to this ...
... Are you offering Jesus to Busters? You don't think Busters are interested? You still don't think Busters are searching? You don't think Busters are spiritually open and aware? Consider the kinds of songs they are listening to. Buster-aged alternative-rock singer Joan Osborne, with a top-five hit and five 1996 nominations for Grammys, includes the song, "One of Us," on her recent album, "Relish." It contains these thought-provoking lyrics: If God had a name, what would it be and would you call it to his face ...
... Good Friday and, more specifically, Isaiah 52 and 53, is that we have a God who is wounded for us and who is wounded with us, making him the ultimate wounded healer. So instead of singing, “God is Watching Us,” it may be better to sing the song performed by Joan Osborne, “What If God Was One of Us?”[7] For God became one of us in Jesus. This great truth of God being one of us in Jesus clarifies the point of Christ when he says, “Truly I tell you, just as you did it to one of the least of ...
