Covid Island Discs

Day 307: One of us, Joan Osborne

This song came out in 1995 and is rather ironic because if you’re a Christian, you believe that God really did become one of us in the incarnation of Jesus of Nazareth born circa 4 BC in Bethlehem. Joan Osborne imagines that if God was one of us, we would have to believe but, in reality, we know what happened to the historical Jesus so her surmise is off the mark somewhat if indeed Jesus was the incarnation of the creator of our universe.