Fools rush in...

Steve Midgley  |  Features  |  pastoral care
Date posted:  1 Nov 2017
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Fools rush in...

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Comedy, they say, is all in the timing.

From the pace at which you tell a joke to the pause before the punch line, comedians know that you get a laugh if you get the timing right. And they know that even the best jokes can be ruined by a bad delivery.

Something similar, I suspect, is true of the pastoral care of individuals.

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