Bill Phillips asked Pamela Richards:

I've met so many people with personal Rich stories (a man in Mich. city who's a preacher for Vinyard who sat with Rich touring while he learned the dulcimer and tons of others). I just wonder what was Rich's most unremarkable personality trait? I heard he could be stubborn. I have a bit of that as well. Thank God for His changing power in our lives.

Pamela Richards Hi, Bill! That's an interesting question. I wonder what you mean by "unremarkable?" Most of the things about Richard that stand out were remarkable rather than otherwise. Do you mean, "difficult to deal with?"
Everyone's answer to that would vary.

My own answer would be that Richard was so sensitive, he could virtually only express his heart through his songs. Any situation that even hinted the possibility of personal rejection would result in songs, songs, and more songs. But not conversation or resolution. It couldn't have been easy to be Rich Mullins.

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