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I don’t want to give away my identity but my faith crisis came at the end of being Bishop. I don’t think it was because of any specific doctrine or history. It was because I was burnt out and my family was burnt out. I tried very hard to balance Church versus family but the Church ALWAYS won. There was always someone needing assistance, counseling, help etc. I would try my best to balance things but it took its toll on myself and my wife. I can honestly say that my blood boils when I hear about having a “meeting”. I have been a part of so many meetings that were absolutely pointless and could have been taken care of with a text or email.
I’ve been thinking about this for the past few days, and reflecting on something our SP said recently about not having to do everything. He wasn’t just talking about the ward picnic, he did indicate there were other things we could not do by choice to lighten our loads and have less stress.
With that, and recognizing that you and others here are former bishops and there are also bishop’s counselors and former counselors (including me) on the forum, what would you eliminate if you could? That is, if you were told you could eliminate any “duties” of the bishop or other ward programs, which ones would go? Which ones do you think are absolute must do?
[Admin Note]: Those are great questions, DJ. Please copy them and start a new post, so people can find it easier if they are looking for that topic later. Old Timer wrote:
[Admin Note]: Thoseare great questions, DJ. Please copy them and start a new post, so people can find it easier if they are looking for that topic later.
I’ll do this DJ, while I’m in here…as a former Bishop’s Counselor I think they are interesting questions.
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