tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post5882560890426043389..comments2024-01-18T02:47:12.669-08:00Comments on Tregear Vean: Talks with strangers Revjeanrolthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12744131101249601856noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8137857716187567509.post-70462049325628513402012-10-03T06:03:40.180-07:002012-10-03T06:03:40.180-07:00I often wonder where the british reserve has gone?...I often wonder where the british reserve has gone?<br /><br />I remember those days fondly, now so many people want to share a bit of themselves, along with a bit of their and others lives. Sometimes welcome, other times gossip and hearsay. <br /><br />I can't remember others sharing so much in the Armed Forces, but we lived in a culture of privacy and concern for personal security. So, in some ways like an enclosed order, only mixing with our own.<br /><br />I can honestly say that until I joined my Parish, that everyone of our family and friends had some connection with the Armed Forces, so you shared on a basis of mutual trust and confidence. Basically what happened in the Army, stayed within the Army family.<br /><br />But it's refreshing to be in a community of Christians where trust is mutual on first meeting and where people are so open and friendly. I'm sure that it can be so in the wider community as well as we now have friends who are not members of our church or even Christians. <br /><br />It's more about mixing and matching with others and it really helps to understand other people in a different environment and context. <br /><br />Like you, I sometimes hear things that I wouldn't really have wanted to know, but I ensure that that relationship of confidentiality is maintained and only share things of Pastoral concern within our Ministry Team.<br /><br />UKViewerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18114944341930758335noreply@blogger.com