Sentences with phrase «number of my friends talking»

I bring this up not only because I've been thinking a lot about talking to kids about diversity and privilege in the context of the current election but also because I have heard a number of friends talk recently about not saving for college because it means their kids will get less financial aid.

Things would probably have stayed that way if not for a large number of my friends talking -LSB-...]

Things would probably have stayed that way if not for a large number of my friends talking about how much fun it is.

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Holiness for me was found in the mess and labour of giving birth, in birthday parties and community pools, in the battling sweetness of breastfeeding, in the repetition of cleaning, in the step of faith it took to go back to church again, in the hours of chatting that have to precede the real heart - to - heart talks, in the yelling at my kids sometimes, in the crying in restaurants with broken hearted friends, in the uncomfortable silences at our bible study when we're all weighing whether or not to say what we really think, in the arguments inherent to staying in love with each other, in the unwelcome number on the scale, in the sounding out of vowels during bedtime book reading, in the dust and stink and heat of a tent city in Port au Prince, in the beauty of a soccer game in the Haitian dust, in the listening to someone else's story, in the telling of my own brokenness, in the repentance, in the secret telling and the secret keeping, in the suffering and the mourning, in the late nights tending sick babies, in confronting fears, in the all of a life.

With a number of fellow pastors who became lifelong friends, Rauschenbusch studied, read, talked, debated and plumbed the new social theories of the day, especially those of the non-Marxist socialists whom John C. Cort has recently traced in Christian Socialism (Orbis, 1988) The pastors wove these theories together with biblical themes to form» «Christian Sociology,» a hermeneutic of social history that allowed them to see the power of God's kingdom being actualized through the democratization of the economic system (see James T. Johnson, editor, The Bible in American Law, Politics and Rhetoric [Scholars Press, 1985]-RRB- They pledged themselves to new efforts to make the spirit of Christianity the core of social renewal at a time when agricultural - village life was breaking down and urban - cosmopolitan patterns were not yet fully formed.

Putting aside my intense hatred for terry aside on a number of factors, You're wrong on this one my friend... Terry was by far the best defender in the league, its not just me saying it, he stats prove it he was unanimously voted by the rest of the players in the league into the pfa team of the year... Don't let your love of Arsenal cloud the obvious were talking of a man who has had more world team of the year and uefa team of the year appearance's, that Per can only dream of having... Having rose tinted glasses on would have you thinking Giroud was the worlds bes striker and theo walcott is on an equal ability to Cristiano Ronaldo.

I've talked to a number of people about this, but it was my friend Julia who gave me the most thorough information.

«Marissa Shorenstein is someone I've known for a number of years, someone I consider a friend outside of government,» Paterson said, «and the problem right now is that both of us are being questioned by an investigation and we're not supposed to talk to each other.

«On every single metric that you'd care to measure, the yes campaign is head and shoulders above Better Together, in terms of social media likes, followers, friends, Twitter followers, number of tweets about them, people talking about them on Facebook,» Miller says.

And he has a number — he told me five — friends, he talked about each one of them, who has the same story of a child, a perfectly healthy child who went into a wellness visit around age 2, got a battery of vaccines, spiked a fever, and then developed a suite of deficits in the 3 months following the vaccine.

Young gay men, however, had more female friends than young heterosexual men in terms of the number of female friends they can talk about their sex life with and who they can count on to celebrate their birthday with.

A number of my friends have these dresses too and I feel like we are always talking about them!

They may not have any living family or friends to talk with and a large number of nursing homes, especially state - funded ones, are understaffed.

Here you can talk to an unlimited number of single men and women anytime, make new friends, you can chat live online for free for as long as you want and without registration!

George Clooney is co-writing, directing and starring in an adaptation of Robert M. Edsel's non-fiction WWII book The Monuments Men, which reunites the Oscar - nominated Hollywood power - player / humanitarian with a number of old friends and familiar faces — including Matt Damon, who is in talks to reunite with Clooney after appearing alongside him in the Ocean's Eleven trilogy and Syriana.

We continued to talk — mainly about her young son's experience of losing a number of his friends to gang violence, and about her search for a school where her son would be safe.

This could take a number of forms: a suggested «wait (and reflect)» time before responding to texts that cause an immediate, negative emotional reaction; a check - in with a friend or adult about a troubling text and a draft response (some youth in our studies suggested that this was routine for them); or a request to «take it offline» and talk in person in order to get a proper read on tone and gravity of a situation or conflict between friends.

Historical icons, old friends, older enemies, a talking gun, a full length musical number, and a whole lot of other shenanigans all await you in this open world standalone expansion playground.

The Art of Celebrity Spending — Filmmaker and artist Miranda July is working on a new conceptual project asking her famous friends to forward emails in which they discuss money matters, and a number — including Kirsten Dunst, who talks about selling a car to a friend for $ 7,000, and Lena Dunham, who mulls buying a $ 24,000 Liljevalch Sofa — have complied.

However, when the survey went deeper and asked how often they spoke specifically with different kinds of people the number of people answering «frequently» plunged; to 17 percent for family, 13 percent for friends and only 4 percent for talking to strangers.

Activists and experts from Friends of the Earth International and its member groups will organise a number of events during the summit and will follow the talks closely.

To judge from what I see at the annual conference of the Association of American Law Schools — it's a diagnosis of sorts to see so many members of an academic discipline attending this conference for the sole purpose of subsidized dining with friends — a substantial number are indifferent not only to talk of law school reform, but to talk on almost any subject.

If you've been deliberating about whether you can truly stay in a marriage and be happy and fulfilled, chances are you've weighed the pros and cons, talked with trusted friends, engaged in some individual or couples counseling, and read a fair number of online blogs that discuss the...

(Posted Feb 2012) Click here for the transcript of this podcast Number 6 Interviews with Justin Cavallo on gender differences and relationship initiation and Jennifer Byrd - Craven on how talking about negative events with friends can actually cause more stress.

Alcoholics Anonymous (A.A.) involvement (number of meetings in the previous month, frequency of reading A.A. material, frequency of talking to a sponsor, number of A.A. friends) was measured.

They were joined by a number of friends of Winangay including Linda Burnie and Noni Greenwood who talked about the resource and the importance of changing things for Aboriginal kids and families.

Werbski, a long - time friend of Boyd's, says, «We have talked about doing a tour for a number of years but since she was diagnosed with Task Specific Focal Dystonia in 2003, it was difficult to do.»

«His friends got very concerned that he was going to go through his entire fortune, and they elected one of their number to go and talk to him about it.