In the first episode of The Story of God with Morgan Freeman this season things take a different trajectory… Morgan goes on a search for ‘The Chosen One.’ Almost every faith has a figure believed to be chosen by God and some of them are alive today. The episode centers around Morgan’s interaction with a number of different ‘chosen ones’ and the different shapes they take across the globe and religions.

Barry and I catch up in order to discuss the episode and a number of insights inspired by the show. If you haven’t watched the episode get on it!

Episode includes…

• Jalue Tsegyal – reincarnated Tibetan lama in MN
• Former North Korean missionary Kenneth Bae – held prisoner for 2 years for leading Christian prayer group
• Historian of Islam, Sajjad Rizvi
• Kamya Arora
• Mandeep Kaur Samra, a Sikh historian
• Sociologist Dr. Andreas Schneider 
• Karudee Chotithamaporn is a representative from the Bang Liao Dou Mu Gong Shrine – a center for Taoist worship
• Chief Arvol Looking Horse, the chosen one of the Nakota, Lakota, and Dakota tribes – His latest battle is in South Dakota, protesting an oil pipeline being built under the Missouri river.

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