Our institutions lost the capacity to mold character and have become platforms for performance instead.
— Read on www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/opinion/sunday/institutions-trust.html
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Wonderful and revealing piece. In discussing how institutions are used today to be platforms of performance, I thought of many churches today that are led by celebrity pastors who see the institution as a way to build a personal brand.