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and began to feel guilty about all thatsolitude. He even believed that God disapproved<strong>of</strong> his choices and, by extension,<strong>of</strong> him.“<strong>The</strong> evangelical culture ties togetherfaithfulness with extroversion,”McHugh expla<strong>in</strong>ed. “<strong>The</strong> emphasis ison <strong>com</strong>munity, on participat<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong>more and more programs and events,on meet<strong>in</strong>g more and more people. It’sa constant tension for many <strong>in</strong>trovertsthat they’re not liv<strong>in</strong>g that out. And <strong>in</strong>a religious world, there’s more at stakewhen you feel that tension. It doesn’tfeel like ‘I’m not do<strong>in</strong>g as well as I’dlike.’ It feels like ‘God isn’t pleased withme.’ ”From outside the evangelical <strong>com</strong>munity,this seems an astonish<strong>in</strong>g confession.S<strong>in</strong>ce when is solitude one <strong>of</strong>the Seven Deadly S<strong>in</strong>s? But to a fellowevangelical, McHugh’s sense <strong>of</strong> spiritual201/929

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