I have on more than one occasion had friends insist that I cannot be an introvert because I’m talkative when I’m with them. While introversion has become a popular enough topic in recent years that most understand what it means there is still a frequent crossover of terminology that can lead to some confusion. Will you give a donation to Adventist Today? Introverts, Shyness, and Highly Sensitive Peopleīefore we can really discuss introverts it’s prudent to define some terms. Yet, in practicality, walking through the church doors usually leaves me wanting to be on the inside… and then outside… and then inside… and then outside… Likewise, as Jesus followers, the church represents the embodiment of the kingdom life we are called to live. On the one hand, in its highest form the church idealizes the community I long for most. It is, however, this vexed emotional-fence-sitting, frequently embodied in my feline friends, that describes well how I often feel as an introvert in the church. Anyone who has ever had an indoor/outdoor cat knows this ritual well. But … seemingly out of sheer spite, the authorities refused to hold the door open long enough, for me to decide whether to go outside… or inside … or outside …or inside. ![]() ![]() About half-way through the video the narrator notes this violation: Dear diary, yesterday I put in a simple request regarding the door to the garden. ) As a long-time cat owner this narrative rang comically accurate. ![]() These offenses include such things as moving a pair of pants that were the cat’s preferred sleeping place, or allowing the food dish to become half-empty (the cat lamenting clearly being subject to imminent starvation. With over 26 million views, it is likely you’ve watched the three minute imagined internal monologue of a feline who is forlorn due to various detailed offenses made by the authorities (aka his owners). A few years ago one of my favorite YouTube personalities, known as Ze Frank, created a widely viewed video entitled Sad Cat Diary.
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