My Adventures with God
By:Stephen Tobolowsky
Published on 2017-04-18 by Simon and Schuster


From legendary character actor Stephen Tobolowskyβwho currently appears on The Goldbergs, HBOβs Silicon Valley, and Norman Learβs new One Day at a Time, author of The Dangerous Animals Club and The Tobolowsky Files podcastβMy Adventures with God is a funny, introspective collection about love, catastrophe, and triumph, all told through the lens of his evolving relationship with the mystery that is βGod.β As Tobolowsky explains, βItβs hard to believe in nothing. Even cats believe in suppertime. As much as we love certainty, we are often shaped by the invisible, the unexplainableβsomething we call faith. We are inclined to acknowledge the holy. Even if it is only a paper heart we find in an old suitcase.β My Adventures with God is a series of short stories exploring the idea that most peopleβs lives seem to fit into the template of the Old Testament. We all have powerful creation myths: tales of our childhood and family, our first battles won and lost. It is our Genesis. Then, like in the Book of Exodus, we go into slavery. Rather than building pyramids, we lose ourselves in fear and ambitionβin first loves, first jobs, too many dreams mixed with too much beer. We eventually become free, only to wander in the wilderness. At some point we stop and proclaim to the universe who we are. This is our Leviticus moment. We reconcile what we thought we would be with what we have become. We often attempt a mid-course correction. Then, as in the Book of Numbers, we are shaped by mortality as we bear the loss of family and friends. Finally, we retell our stories to our children hoping to make sense of the journey, as Moses did in Deuteronomy. Tobolowskyβs stories tell of a boy growing up in the wilds of Texas, finding and losing love, losing and finding himselfβall told through the prism of the Torah and Talmud, mixed with insights from science, and refined through a childβs sense of wonder. My Adventures with God not only shines a light into the life of one of Americaβs most beloved actors, but also provides a structure to evaluate our own lives and relationship with God.
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