When you compare the average decisions most deacon boards are expected to make, such as what kind of fruit to place in fruit baskets, what color to paint the nursery, or which day to reschedule the church pot-luck dinner, to the occupational decisions these men make on a daily basis, it is easy to see how a board of deacons can quickly turn into a group of bored deacons. Since most deacons are far too qualified for the current church deacon role, this over qualification can quickly cause them to lose their feeling of usefulness and turn their position into more of an irritant than a...