A new elder is nervous about hearing a confession from a wrongdoer, so he asks an older elder sit in on the session. The new elder hears the confession, then the old elder asks him to step out of the library to give him a few suggestions. The old elder suggests, "Cross your arms over your chest and rub your chin with one hand." "Try saying things like, 'I see,' 'yes,' 'go on,' 'I understand,' and 'how did you feel about that?'" The new elder goes back in and tries out the suggestions.. The older elder says after the session, "Now, don't you think that's a little better than slapping your knee and saying 'No shit! What happened next?' belbab, modifiying a little.
Elder's advice on handling confessions
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Hope4Others
Did you make this up its really good!
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Meeting Junkie No More
Very cute!
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OnTheWayOut
After the confession, the two elders say "We will inform the body of elders
that you volunteered a confession. They will form a judicial committee so
that 3 of us can decide how to make you get back under the thumb of the
Watchtower corporation, and tell others never to disobey."Later, at the end of the judicial committee, the wrongdoer observed all three men
crossing their arms and rubbing their chins. They opened their Bibles to a
few scriptures and said these show how the wrongdoer can make up to "Jehovah."
He can sell more magazines, he can tell others to be more zealous, he can
take pride in a few months without being able to comment at the meetings, but
share more of what WT has taught him in the ministry.After all that, the wrongdoer agreed that Jehovah showed him mercy to allow him
to remain in the flock. The wrongdoer agreed never to sit down to a meal with his
disfellowshipped 19 year-old grandson.