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Just as the subject of my post says, I would like to know what you all recommend as far as the frequency of meeting with your bishop when you are trying to get your endowment/temple recommend. Since I am a convert and the temple always seems like this impossible goal, I always feel unsure as to how often I should be meeting with my bishop regarding this. Do you recommend once a month? Every two weeks? I’m just not sure, so some guidance in this area would be good. I’ve been going to church for about a month and a half now after a 2 year break. kmullin: my question would be what do you expect from meeting with the Bishop? There is only one specific meeting (with the Bishop) required before going to the temple.
That is the TR interview.
I get more from meeting with my Home Teacher or a close friend than I do from the Bishop.
This doesn’t mean that he’s a bad guy. It means that he is going to give you the official church
position & programmed response for you need to do to get to the TR. The HT or friend will give
you real life experience.
The critical issues will be:
– Are you attending your meetings?
– Are you doing HT?
– Are you paying tithing?
If your Bishop is good, he will be challenging you along your path.
I wish you the best. Keep us informed about your progress.
Mike from Milton.
However frequently you need to meet with him – but absolutely nothing is required if there aren’t any “worthiness” issues that need to be addressed. Mike’s advice is good.
I’d say as infrequently as possible, and just focus on working things out yourself. You know the questions you need to answer in order to get the temple recommend. Work on those. Agree with these guys. Unless you have a specific worthiness issue to resolve, there’s no need until you do the interview itself. I’m on good friendly terms with my current Bishop. Personally for me I would just go to him for spiritual advice. He pretty much knows how I believe and many of my thought processes.
I only go and talk to him when I feel the need to. Sometimes he pulls me aside and has the desire to chat for a minute.
In the past I kind of felt like I had a mild form of scrupulosity. Part of this was due to the fact that a previous Bishop wanted to speak to me almost every single week. I did this while also being treated for depression and anxiety.
Looking back now I would say that the anxiety and depression was linked to the scrupulosity. Most of my symptoms went away after I stopped having literal belief in the religious texts.
Realistically speaking to a Bishop weekly made the situation worse not better. It only fed the desire to have a weekly confession. The littlest thing that I might have considered sin in between the confessions caused me great amounts of anxiety. I looked down on myself. I only felt good just a few minutes before the meeting between myself and the bishop was over.
As mentioned only see the Bishop on a necessary basis.
GREEN[/color] “> [/color] [/size] Thanks for your responses guys. They have been helpful. I will keep the meetings with the Bishop to a minimum.
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