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rock concert venue, save for the unobtrusive

wooden cross hanging on the

side of the room.

A man named Skip is warming up the

congregation with a song. The lyrics

are broadcast on five Jumbotron

screens, interspersed with photos of

shimmering lakes and Caribbean

sunsets. Miked-up tech guys sit on a

thronelike dais at the center of the

room, training their video cameras on

the audience. The cameras linger on a

teenage girl—long, silky blond hair,

electric smile, and shining blue

eyes—who’s singing her heart out. I

can’t help but think of Tony Robbins’s

“Unleash the Power Within” seminar.

Did Tony base his program on megachurches

like Saddleback, I wonder, or is

it the other way around?

“Good morning, everybody!” beams

Skip, then urges us to greet those

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