SEASON FINALE: You Were Sold a Smaller God… and You Accepted It Without a Receipt.
The Story of Us: From Cosmic Dawn to the Depths of Being by Jeff Ellison
Episode notes
What if the feeling you call “God” was never meant to be contained inside a building?
In this Season 2 finale of The Story of Us, Jeff reflects on the moments that leave us speechless—the overwhelming awe of standing beneath the vaulted ceilings of Notre-Dame, the impossible beauty of La Sagrada Familia, the silence of a mountain range, the pull of a night sky filled with stars.
Part travel reflection… part philosophical exploration… part deeply personal letter…
this episode explores the human tendency to build institutions around mystery—and what may be lost when we outsource our search for meaning to them.
Drawing inspiration from Mark Twain, Eastern philosophy, the great cathedrals of Europe, and the ordinary moments of everyday life, Jeff asks a difficult but essential question:
What do you actually beli ...