 | Introverts in the Church: Finding Our Place in an Extroverted Culture by Adam S. McHugh
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $30.83 The books below inspired me to write Introverts in the Church, a five year labor of love!
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 | The Introvert Advantage: How to Thrive in an Extrovert World by Marti Olsen Laney Psy.D.
Buy new: $9.72 / Used from: $3.90 The definitive book on introversion
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 | Introvert Power: Why Your Inner Life Is Your Hidden Strength by Laurie Helgoe Ph.D.
Buy new: $10.85 / Used from: $9.55 Ground breaking assertions that introverts make up 50.7% of the population
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 | The Way of the Heart by Henri J. M. Nouwen
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $5.50 Maybe my favorite book of all time. Rhythms of solitude and silence in a world that strips words of their meaning
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 | The Search to Belong: Rethinking Intimacy, Community, and Small Groups by Joseph R. Myers
Buy new: $11.89 / Used from: $0.97 People participate in different ways!
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 | Type Talk: The 16 Personality Types That Determine How We Live, Love, and Work by Otto Kroeger
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $0.94 Really helpful and practical for understanding yourselves and others in all sorts of contexts
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 | Prayer and Temperament: Different Prayer Forms for Different Personality Types by Chester P. Michael
Buy new: $11.10 / Used from: $4.23 Explores different styles of prayer for different sorts of people
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 | Knowing Me Knowing God: Exploring Your Spirituality With Myers-Briggs by Malcolm Goldsmith
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $2.44 Good introduction to MBTI and spirituality
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 | The Introverted Leader: Building on Your Quiet Strength by Jennifer B. Kahnweiler
Buy new: $17.95 / Used from: $15.57 Introverts have great strengths in the workplace
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 | The Contemplative Pastor: Returning to the Art of Spiritual Direction by Eugene H. Peterson
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $6.99 My favorite of Peterson's books - I discuss spiritual direction as a natural fit for introverts
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 | Sacred Companions: The Gift of Spiritual Friendship & Direction by David G. Benner
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $7.25 More about spiritual direction and deep soul friendship - I'm sure Benner is an introvert
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 | The Gift of Being Yourself: The Sacred Call to Self-Discovery by David G. Benner
Buy new: $9.36 / Used from: $5.99 Maybe Benner's best work - helps us come to terms with whom God made us to be
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 | The Shattered Lantern: Rediscovering a Felt Presence of God by Ronald Rolheiser
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $4.82 Amazing work both of scholarship and personal devotion
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 | The Highly Sensitive Person: How to Thrive When the World Overwhelms You by Elaine N. Aron
Many introverts, but not all, are HSP's. A bestseller.
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 | Personality Type and Religious Leadership by Roy M. Oswald; Otto Kroeger
Buy new: $18.00 / Used from: $8.74 Authors convinced me that Moses was an introvert.
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 | Making Spiritual Sense: Christian Leaders As Spiritual Interpreters by Scott Cormode
Buy new: $16.00 / Used from: $8.31 Cormode is a professor at Fuller Seminary - I think this paradigm of leadership is particularly apt for introverted pastors
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 | Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap... and Others Don't by Jim Collins
Buy new: $19.79 / Used from: $7.42 The ground breaking book - humble, committed, servant leaders are actually the best kind
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 | Life Together: The Classic Exploration of Faith in Community by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Buy new: $10.07 / Used from: $5.00 Anyone who is afraid of being alone must beware of community, and vice versa!
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 | Reimagining Evangelism: Inviting Friends on a Spiritual Journey by Rick Richardson
Buy new: $10.40 / Used from: $5.74 No more spiritual salesmanship models of evangelism
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 | The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West...Again by George G. Hunter III
Buy new: $10.88 / Used from: $6.40 Indirect approaches to evangelism may be the best in our culture
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 | The Power of Team Leadership: Achieving Success Through Shared Responsibility (Barna Reports) by George Barna
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.99 I think introverts lead best in a team
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 | Equipping Church, The by Sue Mallory
Buy new: $14.95 / Used from: $3.49 The central pastoral role is to equip and empower
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 | Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business by Neil Postman
Buy new: $9.75 / Used from: $5.00 For those who have grown weary of the superficiality of our culture
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 | Mother Teresa: Come Be My Light - The Private Writings of the Saint of Calcutta by Mother Teresa
Buy new: $15.61 / Used from: $3.43 Mother Teresa was an introvert, and this book explores the depths of her soul
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 | Bearing the Cross: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (Perennial Classics) by David Garrow
Buy new: $15.59 / Used from: $2.70 Martin Luther King was also an introvert!
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 | Jonathan Edwards: A New Biography by Iain H. Murray
Buy new: $21.78 / Used from: $16.00 My favorite introvert of all time
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 | Invitation to Solitude and Silence: Experiencing God's Transforming Presence by Ruth Haley Barton
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $7.00 Wonderful little book for people who are tired of talking
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