A few days ago I was part of a conversation that somehow went to past television programs. There was one we remembered by theme song (“What If God Were One of Us”), but not by program title. My sister-in-law was the one who came up with the name—Joan of Arcadia. So what ever happened to the high school girl who God chose to speak to through quirky people. There are a number of options for what happens to people who are that weird. Joan might be in college now and still having random conversations with people she recognizes as the voice of God. Perhaps she is in treatment in a mental health facility. Or maybe she got so tired of being different that she has gone through the hard work of suppressing communication with the divine and now always carries a heavy emotional shield to deflect any attempt God might make to communicate with her.