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Saturday, May 16, 2009

Huh

I ran into this odd and unexpected quote the other day while reading a book about contemplative prayer. The author used the term "introvert" out of nowhere, and didn't offer further exlanation.I can't decide whether I should try to make sense of it or just waive it off.

"The introvert, particularly if that person comes from an evangelical background, is good at confessing and notoriously bad at receiving forgiveness."
Posted by Adam S. McHugh at 9:20 AM

1 comments:

  1. I read that, think of myself and my introverted friends, and have to smile because it seems to ring true... but I really can't come up with much of a reason why it does. Could be that it's also just one of those things that everybody will believe is true of themselves, not just introverts, but I'm just kind of getting an odd resonance of "yeah, that's so true" about that statement. Something to mull over, maybe. Helpful, I know. *grins*
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Adam S. McHugh is the author of Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture. He is an ordained Presbyterian minister, spiritual director, chaplain, speaker, and retreat leader. He has been published in The Washington Post, The Christian Century, RELEVANT Magazine, Psychology Today, and Leadership Journal, among other publications. He is a graduate of Claremont McKenna College and Princeton Theological Seminary. On February 28, 2012 he will serve as guest chaplain in the U.S. House of Representatives. He lives in Claremont, CA.

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