I feel like I own some of our Tasmanian highways as I have been spending a lot of time recently traveling around our rain soaked State. The following episcopal note caught my attention. I am obviously not the only Bishop of Tasmania to have felt the multiple demands on leadership, the need to prioritize those demands and the assistance of others in doing so.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Bishop is resting from his arduous trip in the North and North West during the past few months. He would be glad to be relieved of all unimportant correspondence, etc., for the time being.
Church News, Page 10, January 1926
I have just read your blog of September 25th 2009.. I am reminded of a previous Bishop who, in the course of his “normal” work load visited the West Coast by Steamer and horse back four or five times a year. That was back in the times when Zeehan was Tasmania’s third largest town. The request for relief from all unimportant correspondence was and is a very necessary object for every Bishop. There is a Biblical requirement for rest!! Although , like many others, I was never a very good example of keeping it!.