Re: [ZION] confiding in bishops

2003-09-21 Thread Paul Osborne
On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:14:53 + Jim Cobabe [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Counsel with the bishop is a standard answer. As a problem solving strategy, it usually doesn't work at all, at least in my experience. Bishops don't have effective answers for any but the most routine

Re: [ZION] confiding in bishops

2003-09-20 Thread Stacy Smith
Their desire, in my opinion, is to coach the person seeking help to get personal revelation and help solve their own problems. At times they have referred people to therapists. Stacy. At 10:28 PM 09/19/2003 -0400, you wrote: Jim Cobabe wrote: Counsel with the bishop is a standard answer.

[ZION] confiding in bishops

2003-09-19 Thread Jim Cobabe
Counsel with the bishop is a standard answer. As a problem solving strategy, it usually doesn't work at all, at least in my experience. Bishops don't have effective answers for any but the most routine problems. Many of them are good at running LDS wards, but terrible as personal

Re: [ZION] confiding in bishops

2003-09-19 Thread Grampa Bill in Savannah
Jim Cobabe wrote: Counsel with the bishop is a standard answer. As a problem solving strategy, it usually doesn't work at all, at least in my experience. Bishops don't have effective answers for any but the most routine problems. Many of them are good at running LDS wards, but terrible as