Mum’s the word!

Steve Midgley  |  Features  |  pastoral care
Date posted:  1 Jul 2017
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Mum’s the word!

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Certain things seem obvious until you stop and think about them.

Take confidentiality. It seems obvious that a good Christian friend is someone you can speak to in confidence. So that what you say stays ‘just between the two of us’. That’s someone you can trust – who doesn’t gossip and never discloses what’s been spoken in private.

It’s obvious: confidentiality is a good thing. Or is it?

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