TTATTelder:
I was appointed as an elder right when I am starting to doubt things more than any time in my life, right when all this "new light" is coming out, and right before this historical Annual Meeting.
Isn't it interesting how the Holy Spirit™ still allowed you to be Appointed™ as an Elder™, despite having more doubts than you ever have had in your life?? What does that tell you??
When I was first thinking about leaving the JWs, almost 20 years ago, I had to send my oldest kid off to school in the morning and drop my husband off at his job, then drive to a public library across town (where nobody knew me) with the younger kids, and while they sat and listened to story time and looked at picture books, I read one or two chapters of Crisis of Conscience. Over the course of a few weeks, I was able to finish the book. I was terrified to bring it home. It felt very cloak and dagger at the time, but the tone of the book was just as you described - humble, sincere, with a wealth of knowledge, and a desire to share the simplicity of Christian worship without all the hoo-ha the WTS was piling on.
I know you'll find other things to read over the course of the next weeks, months and years, but congratulations on starting the process.