''God Or The Girl'' is a five-part

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run by the television channel A&E in spring of 2006. It chronicled the lives of four young men, Joe, Dan, Mike, and Steve, who were considering the

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hood. Each of them did something to try to help them make their decision: Joe hitchhiked to

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, Dan carried an eighty-pound cross, Mike went to a

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retreat center, and Steve traveled to

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to do missionary work. The series ended with only Steve deciding to pursue the priesthood by entering the seminary. However, two of them incorporated religion into their lives, as Joe became a lay minister, and Dan became a youth minister. Mike took the teaching position he was offered. Steve has left the seminary and is now married. The show used "

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" as its theme song, written and performed by

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band Jars of Clay.

References

External links

A&E's ''God or the Girl'' website
A&E (TV network) original programming 2000s American television miniseries Television series by The Wolper Organization 2006 American television series debuts {{US-tv-prog-stub