“Listening to people in pain is about giving them room to grieve and weep and rage and doubt. We're not there to spiritualize their pain or theologize their experience. Our talk... takes space, when instead we want to give space.” — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“Typical evangelism books always seem to locate airplanes as the most advantageous setting for evangelistic encounters, where, at 30,000 feet, restive unvelievers are unable… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“Let God make you fully you. Rejoice in your God-given temperament and use it for God's purposes. This point cannot be emphasized enough. We… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“In a team setting, leadership is shared by a community of people, which counters the tendency for pastors to form congregations in their own… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“When introverts are in conflict with each other...it may require a map in order to follow all the silences, nonverbal cues and passive-aggressive behaviors!” — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“Introverted seekers need introverted evangelists. It's not that extroverts can't communicate the gospel, either verbally or nonverbally, in ways that introverts find appealing, it's… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“We could paraphrase "repent and believe" with "close your ears and listen." Obedience has both a stop and start to it. We turn our… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“When we open the Bible we must do so in faith that God has the power to resurrect dead letters. As Scot McKnight says,… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“Listening and silence are not necessarily the same thing, but silence is a really good start.” — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“One of the most unexpected findings of my research was that introverted pastors felt very comfortable preaching, irrespective of congregation size. Many of them… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“It signaled a big shift in my approach to the Bible when I started calling it not "reading" but "listening." In listening to the… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“Each falling tear carries pain and it's the only way to get it out.” — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
“The familiarity and informality of some churches in the evangelical tradition, with their best intentions of devotion and hospitality, can actually exclude introverts. Times… — Adam S. McHugh Copy Share Image
