Introverted Church?

Here is a blog post that has been drawn to my attention about how introverts react to church.

It is a timely reminder on how our personalities affect the way we process what happens when we meet together. I particularly liked one of the comments which pointed out that extroverts tend to be good at enaging with a lot of people (but rather superficially) and introverts often are good at developing deeper relationships with a very small number of people.

This perspective is helpful because ...

1. It stops us comparing personality types. Extroverts are not more godly per se than introverts.

2. It doesn't allow personality type to become an excuse for un-Christlike behaviour. (e.g. trampling over other people's feelings or ignoring visitors.)

3. It reminds us that, in Christ's body, we need all types to function well.

Test of Maturity

Went to a great MTS training day today with Tim and Gus.

Worth the entry fee alone was this from Marcus Reeves, "a maturing person is easily edified... if you've reached the stage when you'll only listen to Driscoll at his best, then you're already in deep trouble."

Ouch.

Even at the end of a long and humid day that hit me right between the eyes.