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One blogger wrote about his “cry fromthe heart wonder<strong>in</strong>g how to fit <strong>in</strong> as an<strong>in</strong>trovert <strong>in</strong> a church that prides itselfon extroverted evangelism. <strong>The</strong>re areprobably quite a few [<strong>of</strong> you] out therewho are put on guilt trips each time[you] get a personal evangelism push atchurch. <strong>The</strong>re’s a place <strong>in</strong> God’s k<strong>in</strong>gdomfor sensitive, reflective types. It’snot easy to claim, but it’s there.”Another wrote about his simple desire“to serve the Lord but not serve on aparish <strong>com</strong>mittee. In a universalchurch, there should be room for theun-gregarious.”McHugh added his own voice to thischorus, first with a blog call<strong>in</strong>g forgreater emphasis on religious practices<strong>of</strong> solitude and contemplation, andlater with a book called <strong>Introverts</strong> <strong>in</strong> theChurch: F<strong>in</strong>d<strong>in</strong>g Our Place <strong>in</strong> an ExtrovertedCulture. He argues that evangelism204/929

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