Sentences with phrase «at the doors of»

Donna Karan, greeting guests at the door of her Madison Avenue boutique, called it a «celebration of fashion,» but businesses of every type are vying for a piece of the action — and the profits.

And for many years that's been left at the door of the government when it's actually a broader issue than that.

The morning of our introduction, the mother - daughter duo, both blond and clad in black dresses, greet me with wide smiles at the door of the spacious Yorkville condo that serves as My Stewards HQ.

For Kleinfeld, it started when a pair of people who identified themselves as private investigators showed up at the door of his next - door neighbor in New York's Westchester County about a year ago, inquiring about «loud parties» at his house.

Cameron acted to distance himself from a crisis knocking at the door of 10 Downing St., acknowledging that British politicians and the press had become too cozy and promising investigations into both the activities at the tabloid and into future media regulation.

Trump's people only rang at the doors of houses that the app rated as receptive to his messages.

This is not the result of some vast deficiency of prudence amongst the US populace - and Mr Schiff is quite right in laying the blame at the door of the US authorities.

The rally featured Neal Bernard «The Roughneck» Hancock removing his shoes and throwing them at the doors of the Legislature, former federal cabinet minister Chris Alexander appearing to nod as protesters chanted «lock her up» in reference to Premier Rachel Notley, and climate change denying, anti-gay and anti-immigration messages on signs and pamphlets.

As it turned out, the parishioner who had made that insulting remark so many decades earlier got the very same service, and her nice casket was covered at the door of the church by the same pall that covered dear Bernice's very lowly casket.I look forward to the day when Bernice and the other lady stand side by side before the throne of heavenly grace.

your free speech «rights» end at the door of your workplace.

For me as a 40 + with kids I simply can not check my brain at the door of the church.

And Thoreau, standing at the door of our age, elucidates, for the first time since the Cynics, the philosophical centrality of the virtue of poverty.

This has been true since God warned Cain of the sin crouching at the doors of his heart (Gen. 4:7); since David asked God to search his heart and exposes any grievous ways (Ps.

On Sundays, Pell arrived at the cathedral fifteen minutes before the eleven o'clock Mass; was met at the door by this priest and attended by him constantly thereafter; vested for Mass; celebrated Mass, which ended shortly after noon; stood at the door of the cathedral, shaking hands with exiting Massgoers; removed his vestments; and departed the cathedral, to have lunch at a restaurant or visit a parish, still accompanied by the priest.

9 So Naaman came with his horses and chariots, and halted at the door of Elisha's house.

Both at the time and later the blame has been repeatedly laid at the door of Christianity.

«The blame can not be laid at the door of those who are seeking to be faithful, who are saying «look we want to be an Episcopal Church, we believe in bishops, but we believe in biblical bishops who hold to sound doctrine and publically refute false doctrine and false behaviour.»

Your boss will love your initiative, and you will be amazed at the doors of opportunity that will open for you.

Logically, it is difficult to see why the gay rights agenda should stop at the door of the church; churches have already been sued for violating the civil rights of members censured for practicing homosexual sodomy.

Although religious awe might need to stop at the door of the laboratory, a scientist can still be inspired by it, as were Aristotle, Newton, Einstein, and even Darwin.

«Much of the weakening of religious certitude in the Christian West,» Weinberg says, «can be laid at the door of science.»

Much of the weakening of religious certitude in the Christian West can be laid at the door of science; even people whose religion might incline them to hostility to the pretensions of science generally understand that they have to rely on science rather than religion to get things done.

This time, I stood at the door of the «Friday Nite Beginners» Meeting,» announced that I had been very frightened, said I had seen «God as we understood Him» on the wall, had prayed to God as I did understand Him, and had really found peace, for that night at least.

The effects of Original Sin apply to all, so we should not imagine that our particular cultural malaise stops at the door of the Church and is only to be found «out there».

Several of the chapters were encouragement and insightful, but many of the other chapters seemed to have been written by ivory - tower scholars who do not seem to be aware of the sin and violence that lurks at the door of most people's daily existence.

I think that is Jesus knocking at the door of their hearts.

For this there are various reasons which can not all be laid at the door of the liberal churches, and without their efforts the situation would certainly be worse.

I'll recommend it to other people standing at the door of the rooms turned off by the God - language.

I think those are mainly to be laid at the door of capitalism and nationalism, not at the door of our liberal democratic political structure, and at the door of the church for failing to teach its members how to be discerning critics of capitalism and nationalism.

A great number of social ills of our times can be laid at the door of capitalism and nationalism, and at the door of the church for failing to teach how to be critiques of capitalism and nationalism.

Assisting a beggar at the door of the Nunciature (even if it was Corporal Hitler) is hardly tantamount to bankrolling a political activist and in any case the post First World War charitable activities of Archbishop Pacelli in Berlin and throughout Germany were the precursor to the establishment of what would eventually become the Institute of Religious Works (aka «Vatican Bank») under the direct supervision of the nun who ran Pacelli's household before and after his election as pope.

In which case surely the blame for society's current ills can hardly be laid at the door of religion?

The Bible says Jesus stands at the door of your heart and gently knocks, asking to come in.

Looking back on a similar story in the Organization of Southwest Communities, von Hoffman laid this result squarely at the door of the clergy — who, he complained, were «practically a caricature, a cartoon, of the sins of omission and commission.»

I would rather have 2 armed people at the doors of ALL schools than NO ONE at all!

Most nights young Eritrean men, all Orthodox Christians, could be seen kneeling in prayer at the door of the Church of San Gerlando of Lampedusa.

In verse 7a Ezekiel and Yahweh stand at the door of the outer court of the Temple.

The police arrested several faith leaders, including Claiborne, for staging a prayer vigil as an act of civil disobedience that culminated at the door of Senator Paul Ryan's office.

This is no different than some young people going to college and leaving their brains at the door and swallowing evolutionary theory and purposely rejecting the obvious of what creation clearly shows except this is leaving your brain at the door of theology school and accepting man's opinion over what is clearly stated in the holy scriptures, and then teaching others false doctrine.

I make no judgement about something which, as a non-member, is no concern of mine; but if I were a member, then I should be forced to say that, in my opinion, if men were to be stationed at the doors of churches with whips to drive worshippers away, or inside the religious orders specifically to discourage vocations, or among the clergy to spread alarm and despondency, they could not hope to be as effective in achieving these ends as are trends and policies seemingly now dominant within the Church.

It concludes with him literally going toward the light and finding himself at the door of a brightly lit family reunion, where his mother (a monstrous woman who once took out a hit on him) and the rest of his departed relatives have gathered to greet him.

At the door of the hospital the doctors... were already waiting for the blood transfusion.

On May eighth the troops mercilessly shot the people at the door of the Cathedral with machine guns and secondly the national security forces machine - gunned a group of students in front of the Venezuelan Embassy.

This is a club that was at the door of greatness in 2006... Look at us now... Barely making the CL group stage (necessary in order to get the cash reward because we are million miles away from winning the competition) and falling short in the league every season like a tradition.

To criticise Walcott you must lay the blame at the door of those who coached and brought him into the world arena at the age of 16.

The suits are playing a high stake game behind the scenes while all we ask for and pay for is good entertainment value for our dollars, yet we can't get it, and we lay all the blame at the door of a man who is equally caught up in the politics of it all.

The home team, represented by Guard Brad Davis and his fiancèe, Michelle Baylos, paused at the door of the arena.

With United looking so defensive and starved of ideas in the big games, the blame must once again be laid at the door of the manager, who both fails to recognise quality like Depay when he has it, and fails to use the forward players he does have to the best of their ability.

I think Arteta is the one who has been undervalued the most — a lot of our better games and runs of form have come with Arteta at the base of the midfield (forget the away slaughters last year — that was a team issue pure and simple and could never be laid at the door of a single player).

The Board of Directors of this great Club are failing the fans who are its liveblood.We can accuse Wenger of arrogance, incompetence, delusion, etc. but at the end of the day, as he acknowledged this week, he is only an employee.The buck stops at the door of this inept, weak minded Directors who do not have the guts to make a decision which they ought to have made 5/6 years ago to relieve Wenger of his duties.