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The church of celebrity

The Gray Area with Sean Illing

CHAPTER

How Do You Navigate Not Creating Parasocial Relationships?

CNN's John Sutter says he intentionally attends a church that's rather boring. The sermon is not the point, it's not the main event, and so this person is also not themain event,. He may be providing care and leadership and spiritual help in some way, but he is also available for conversation at coffee hour where he tells weird anecdotes.

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