Sentences with phrase «about meeting the family»

Think about meeting family when there are fewer family traditions that have to be met, including a Saturday night dinner or a Sunday football game.

I was a bit nervous about meeting the family, but they were lovely — welcoming and kind.

Not exact matches

Although individuals in the business world are non-judgemental about premises, I would never advise hosting a client meeting in your family home.

«I can not tell you how many executives I meet who still cover their lives and have made up an entire false narrative about their family life,» she says.

Part of the problem, diplomats said, was that he concluded the meeting by asking the assembled staff to avoid talking about the situation outside the secure confines of the embassy, even with their families.

From Royal Baby news to Gossip Girl — style soaps to tabloid magazine pieces about the Hiltons, we love stories of heirs and heiresses and great dynastic families — particularly if those families meet a nasty end.

You will feel decreased stress about meeting your personal and family needs.

When they go public about their intention — or need — to take care of family, however, they meet the same criticism that working women do.

That's why a kind word, a quick discussion about family, an informal conversation to ask if an employee needs any help — those moments are much more important than group meetings or formal evaluations.

In the UK, where calls for equality are admittedly met with less resistance, in general, than in the gender minefield that is US evangelical culture, Christian advocates for equality have also been active, with the launch of gender - based violence charity Restored in 2010 and the publication of Jenny Baker's Equals (SPCK) this year, which talks about the practical outworking of equality in family life, work, and church.

... but if one is also part of God's family then I assure you, one would be talking about meeting one's Heavenly Father.

my point was a different one: if the findings show that people tend to talk about their family before they die, then the people who are part of God's family (and thus have two families) would definitely be inclined to talk about BOTH of their families, especially as they are about to meet their Heavenly Father who is... GOD!

Functioning in the church, unity in the church, making it NOT about us, praying for those that are trying to lead the church and having to deal with defending Christ on a regular basis and being the targets they are, being a church member is in the family and showing them how to serve God in the family, that we being able to meet and gather collectively is a gift and even the apostles did it and encouraged it.

My wife and I were last night called by a family friend to pray with her about her daughter who would disappear from home and when she re-appears, she is kind of confused, claiming to have been followed by a certain girl they met in school and tried recruiting her to devil worship.

From the moment I met her, I knew Traci was the kind of mom I wanted to be: playful, empathetic, and deliberate about integrating spiritual practices into her family's everyday life.

A friend of mine who was taken from her family by the Scoop testifies about sisters and brothers she's never met, a mother who fell apart in their absence (who wouldn't?)

But I've met the family who brought the suit, and these people changed how I think about plural marriage.

On his return flight from South Korea on Monday, the Pope spoke movingly of meeting with the families of last April's ferry disaster, which killed about 300 people, many of whom were young students.

The Vatican's upcoming meeting on family life has spurred broad speculation about a new openness to divorced and remarried Catholics.

Plus, simply listing in the bulletin that such a meeting takes place on the premises speaks volumes to the congregation about a church's stance toward alcoholics and addicts and their families.

The same goes for meeting with people for breakfast or lunch or having a family over for dinner to talk about spiritual things.

More times than not about the Lord's Prayer and how it shaped how we related to God, each other, friends, family and everyone we met.

Pastor D, we find, attends the meetings, and then complains privately about them, because if they were not around to distract him, he would be compelled to face an evening with his family, or to make needed calls on parishioners, or to read a book.

The plan was to eventually meet in the house of another family who attended frequently, but like I said, that was about three years ago.

It is about the families that will never experience a relevant gospel and never meet the living God unless someone with vision shows up and starts preaching the gospel with their words and their life.

equally important is the fact that in addition to family physicians, the clergymen of the community,... and the other guardians of mental health can consult with the center's professional staff to aid in serving individual patients about whom they share concern, as well as to add to their own knowledge of mental health and mental illness through formal and informal classes and meetings presented by the center's staff.

At the bishops» meeting, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles Chaput asked, given this research, what do most social scientists think about same - sex families and child well - being?

I start to pray, then my mind wanders from praying for my family to wondering if my sister got my text message to thinking about the last time my sister was in town to figuring out how I can turn a work meeting into a brunch meeting.

He first met, fiancée HJ Colston about twenty years ago and the two families have been friends ever since.

When questioned about the constant work, perpetual meetings and limited family time, a work addict has the finest answer of all: «I've got to do this because these people need me.

Lear soon teamed up with Gloria Calderón Kellett, a producer and actress who's worked on How I Met Your Mother and Drunk History, to bring the idea to life with her own distinctly Latin influence by writing about her own family's experience.

However, generically speaking I continue to be surprised at how many times there are significant issues in families and marriages that involve, as one of the major components, if not THE major component, crisis brought about because people's perceived needs and rights (I call them their «wants») are not being met by others.

We'd just come from many hours of talks, about faith and family life, delivered by cardinals and lay experts at the World Meeting of Families, in Philadelphia.

If we think of the family simply as individuals who consent to cohabit because such an arrangement meets their needs, we will never find reason to worry about assisted or collaborative reproduction.

His recommendation was made to attendees of an event held by the Association of Catholics in Ireland (ACI) which has voiced concerns about the upcoming World Meeting of Families in Ireland, due to be attended by Pope Francis.

My family lived 1,500 miles away, the Nebraskans I met talked chummily about God like he was the P.T.O. president, and my career had been replaced by a Merry Maid to - do list.

Bishop John and HJ first met about twenty years ago and the two families have been friends ever since.

[8] Jesus in the midst In writing about the presence of Jesus in the lives of families at home, the phrase of St Matthew's gospel can be used as a theme: «Where two or three meet in my name, I shall be there with them.»

Meeting friends for coffee amidst Starbucks» low - key, soft - rock setting to talk about families, feelings and fears can soothe the souls of spiritual seekers.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

And then my son, who is normally about the most genuinely compassionate, sharing child you could ever hope to meet, learned that I needed to pass along some of this creation to Gretchen's family so they could try it.

I met her at the downtown Del Frisco's Double Eagle Steakhouse in Dallas with one other member of the press and a small group of the city's top restaurant sommeliers where she talked about growing up Gaja and how 95 percent of the wineries in the region are family wineries.

Whether you have Celiac Disease, are Non-Celiac Gluten Intolerant or are learning more about gluten free living for yourself, family or friends, we look forward to seeing you at the October 5th meeting of the Gluten Intolerance Resource Group (GIRG) of Marin!

Whether you have Celiac Disease, are gluten - sensitive, or are learning more about gluten free living for yourself, family or friends, we look forward to seeing you at the December 7th meeting of the Gluten Intolerance Group of Marin!

One new project I am excited about founding is Meet The Vegetables, a cooking class to introduce children and families to unusual seasonal vegetables to be held at our local children's museum, Wonderlab.

Make a Plan * Call a family meeting and have a frank discussion about your family's physical fitness health * Ask family members for suggestions on how the whole family can shape up individually and together * Prepare a plan of action and display it in high traffic areas.

Since the accident public meetings have been held about widening 287, but the victims» families worry that the road's reputation will obscure the crash's true cause.

Talking about happy people, I met lots of them on Sunday when I got to take them around my 2nd home, Anfield, on a Family Stadium Tour.

We look forward to seeing you and your family at one of our meetings, where you will meet interesting people and learn the latest about attachment parenting techniques and ideas.

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