The Bishop Page
Effective Leadership
- What I Wish I Knew Before I Was Bishop*
- What I Wish I Would Have Done Sooner
- Disagreeing Without Making an Enemy
- Approaching Difficult Conversations
- Becoming a Master Interviewer
- Causing Positive Disruption*
- Don’t be an Accidental Diminisher*
- Calling Inexperienced Leaders
- How to focus on the essential*
- Encouraging Women at Church*
- Delegate and then Get Out of the Way
- Being an influential leader
- Engaging Those You Lead
- 5 Conference Talks Every Bishop Should Read*
- Don’t Take Over!
- You Were Not Called to Fix It*
- Culture Eats Doctrine for Breakfast
- Effective Counseling from Bishops
- Helping Bear Other’s Burdens
- Unnecessary Sacrifice is Evil
- Remembering Names
- Subscribe to the Leading Saints Podcast*
- How to Motivate Those You Lead*
- Identifying & Using Your God-Given Talents¤
- Applying Leadership Principles at Work and Church
- Grace in the Bishop’s Office
- What Every Leader Should Consider About Community in Their Ward
- Community in the LDS Church: four-article series
- When Tragedy Strikes the Bishop’s Family
- Ministering to Individuals Who Lose a Child
- Creating The Best Darn Ward Possible
- The Abinadi Effect – Trusting Inspiration
- 4 Common Desires That Create Dysfunctional Leaders and Teachers
- Church Doctrine, Policy, & Leadership
- Leading with Your God-Given Talents
- Ward Council Meetings That Inspire Ministering
- Eight Permissions Latter-day Saint Leaders Struggle to Give Themselves
- Is Your Elders Quorum or Relief Society Psychologically Safe?
- Empowering the Underutilized and Counsel for Those Longing for Leadership
- 7 Self-Sabotaging Habits of Latter-day Saint Lay Leaders*
- Is It Time to Rethink How We Grow and Strengthen Our Wards?
- What Young Single Adults Need YSA Bishoprics to Hear
- Being The “Fixer” + What We Should Do Instead
- The Unique Opportunity Local Leaders Have to Encourage Faith Among Latter-day Saint Millennials
- Finding Leaders in Your Ward Outside the Same Ten People
- That Their Burdens May Be Light – Church Leaders Need the Atonement Too
- Three Principles of Creating Powerful Personal Interviews
- Discovering Five Leadership Lessons from Jethro
- What Can the Boy Scouts Teach Us About Training Our Leaders?
- “I am a Young Single Adult Advocate”
- How I Lead as Lt. Governor & Primary Music Leader
- How to Design a Perfect Ward
- Building the Perfect Ward Through Perfect Relationships
- One Bishop Yet Many – How to Exponentially Expand Your Reach
- Weaving a Vision into Your Service
- Helping Members Prepare for Temple Worship
- Leading by the SPIRIT of the Law or the LETTER of the Law
- Ministering to the Afflicted
- Creating and Building Loyalty in Your Ward
- Lead & Teach Youth Through Strong Examples
- Helping Women to See Themselves as Leaders
- Bearded Bishops, Rated-R Movies, & the Honor Code
- Is Your Mindset Limiting Your Leadership?
- Creating Belonging & Connection in a Quarantined Ward
- Putting Jesus at the Center of Your Ward
- What I Learned About Leadership from Clayton Christensen
- Leading Within a Bureaucracy
- 7 Misconceptions Members Have About Church Leadership
- 4 Reasons Why Bishops Should Be Meeting with Youth
- The Blessings of Technology – Current Options for Sacrament Meetings
- How to Keep Your Ward Looking Forward, Not Backward
- Valuing Mid-Singles
- Helping Families Through Miscarriage or Stillbirth
- When Leading with Others Results in Conflict
- Leading People into the Abrahamic Covenant
- Teaching Temple Covenants
- Part 1: The Research Behind Becoming Christlike
- Part 2: The Research Behind Becoming Christlike
Navigating Doubt
- The Role of Certainty in Our Wards*
- A bishopric member’s perspective on faith crisis
- Subscribe to LDS Perspectives Podcast*
- Ministering to the Doubter*
- The Root Cause for Why Members Leave
- Being a Leader Comfortable With Doubt*
- Bishop’s Guide to Millennial Mormons
- Preserving Relationships When Members Leave
- The Role of Doubt & Faith
- Helping Leaders Understand Faith Crisis
- Do Leaders Understand Members Who Are in a Faith Crisis?
- Are More People Leaving the LDS Church?
- What Every Leader Needs to Know About Faith Crisis
- Faith Crises: Are We Thinking About Them All Wrong?
- Maintaining Relationships When Loved Ones Leave the Church
- Encouraging Faith that Sees Through Complexity
- Can We Synthesize a Crisis of Faith and Become Like Christ?
- Can Church Doctrine be Ambiguous?
- Ministering to Those Who Question
Mental Health
- Helping future missionaries*
- Mental illness in the bishops office
- Leading Early Returned Missionaries
- Leading OCD Mormons
- Understanding Shame*¤
- Understanding Suicide, Depression, & Anxiety¤
- Leading Others to be Better Than Happy
- How to Support Latter-day Saints Struggling With Depression & Anxiety
- Shame – A Key Component in the Battle with Depression and Anxiety
- Addressing Feelings With Therapy, Life Coaching, or Spiritual Mentorship
- How a Leader Can Best Support Those Who Are Grieving
- Have We Forgotten the Betrayed When the Sinner Confesses?
- Thoughts for Leaders About Suicide, Depression, and Anxiety
- Suicide Prevention for Latter-day Saint Leaders*
- How to Help Members Struggling With Suicidal Thoughts
- Unhealthy Ways We Seek Validation As Leaders
- The Power of Stillness in Leadership
- Reconnecting with God as a Distracted Church Leader
- The Therapy Buffet: Helping Individuals Heal Through Therapy
Marriage
- Understanding Betrayal Trauma*
- Understanding Betrayal Trauma Part 2*¤
- An open letter from the wife of a porn addict*
- Have We Forgotten the Betrayed When the Sinner Confesses?
- When Marriages Aren’t Working…
- The Unexpected Complications of a Young Latter-day Saint Widow
- Broken Hearts Mended: Helping Saints Heal from Divorce
Administration & Meetings
- Understanding Time Budgets
- Calling Management
- 3 Pitfalls When Administering Callings*
- The Science of Church Meetings (including Ward Council)
- Being an Organized Spiritual Counselor
- Cleaning Up Membership Records
- 5 Phone Numbers to Have in Your Phone*
- Training the Executive Secretary
- Mother’s Day Ideas
- Teaching in the Bishop’s Office
- Organizing Tithing Settlement
- 7 Unbreakable Rules of a Meeting*
- When the Speaker Ends Early
- Staying Organized With Asana*¤
- How Elder Bednar Runs a Meeting or Council
- What Joseph Smith Taught About Running a Council
- 11 Funeral Tips
- A Busy Bishop’s Funeral Checklist
- Inviting People to Speak in Sacrament Meeting*
- Sacrament Meeting Agenda Templates*
- Improving Fast & Testimony Meeting
- Effective PPI’s
- Tithing Settlement Tricks, Tips, & Apps¤
- Using the Slack App in Your Bishopric*¤
- Balancing Calling & Family
- Preparing for a Leadership Change
- A Quick Reference Guide for Church Hymn Lengths
- Hastening Repentance – Things to Consider When Restricting the Sacrament
- Women, Priesthood, & Church Leadership*
- Women in Council Meetings
- The Onboarding Process – Preparing Members for New Callings
- Instructing and Edifying Each Other in Meetings
- Creating and Empowering Leaders Through Ward Council
Addiction
- Understanding the Addiction Recovery Program*
- Kids who see pornography
- 6 things bishops should know about addiction*
- A couple overcoming pornography & addiction*
- A couple overcoming sexual addiction*
- Understanding the willpower trap
- Helping the Spouse of an Addict
- 6 Sources of Influencing Addiction
- How Addiction Impacts the Spouse
- Teaching Children About the Dangers of Pornography
- Fighting Addiction
- Good, Better, Best of the Addiction Recovery Program¤
- What I Wish My Leader Knew About Addiction*¤
- The Bishop’s Strongest Tools to Help Addicts
- An Inspired Answer to Satan’s Traps
- Can God Be Disappointed in You?
- Ministering to Those Who Seem Hopeless
- It’s Not Your Job to Fix Pornography Addiction
- When the Stake President Struggles with Pornography
LGBT
- Being Prepared to Love LGBT Members
- How to Support Gay Members in Your Ward – Part 1*
- How to Support Gay Members in Your Ward – Part 2*
- How to Support Transgender Members in Your Ward
- A Bishop’s Approach to Loving LGBT Members
- Returning to the Church*
- Reconciling Faith and Same-Gender Attraction*
- Follow North Star*
- Watch Voices of Hope*
- Fellowshipping Our LGBT Brothers & Sisters¤
- The Worth of LGBT Souls
- Finding a Place of Community
- A Gay Man’s Incredible Story of Redemption
- Recognizing the Gift of Being Same-Sex Attracted
- Listen, Learn, and Love LGBT Latter-day Saints
- Creating Safety for LGBTQ Latter-day Saints in the Bishop’s Office
- Attractions to the Same Gender – Creating Safe Boundaries
- Seeking Out LGBTQ Saints
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