TILLY CULBERTSON

I've always wanted to write a book and people are always telling me, "You need to write a book!" For many years, the concepts in The Back to God Game have been searching for their place in some kind of format. As I've shared these ideas over the years, I've gotten wide eyes and puzzled faces..."What do you mean everything goes back to God?" It wasn't until I shared with my grandson, Alden, and suggested we play a form of the game, that the words and the story found a resting place as a read-aloud book that both children and adults could share.

As an educator, it thrills me to think of the back-and-forth-discussions that are sure to happen as the pages are turned. Yes, that's one of the goals...the second, but certainly not the lesser of the two, is to expand that sense of "awe" about God's creation..to make it deeper than just the beautiful flowers and cuddly animals we associate with God's gifts to us. I'd love to hear your stories as you uncover new wonderful gifts in our world.