Sentences with phrase «table conversations around»

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While my family gathered around the kitchen table to enjoy a lovely Christmas meal and engage in meaningful conversation, I was disengaged.

«Sometimes there's an issue on the table and the conversations and decisions can flip - flop all around just for the sake of conversation,» she says.

So the conversations around that question were formal; they set up meetings, they made sure the right people were sitting around the table, and they knew who was accountable.

Not all conversations at work take place around a conference table — nor should they.

«Ignoring the border wall and the conversation around immigration that's taking place in the media and at every kitchen table in America just didn't seem right,» Schapiro said.

I feel a bit hypocritical admonishing my readers toward kindness and understanding when I too have been avoiding such conversations like the plague, but I do think healthy, constructive dialog is possible, and that it's best tackled around a shared table, over steaming plates of mashed potatoes and green beans, amidst the laughter and grace that emerges organically from deep, trusted relationships.

He would have his staff members pass a «prayer rock» around the table, with the one holding it charged to pray for whatever topic of conversation was at hand.

As an academic institution, every subject is open to debate, and we need everyone around the table for a richer conversation.

«Faith communities around the country must host these kinds of conversations,» an energetic Mexican woman declared as we dismissed everyone to break down tables and take photos.

«In light of this revisionist agenda and the heretical teaching that comes with it, I am no longer willing to sit around the table, pretending that we, as a governing body of the Church of England, are having legitimate conversations about mission».

This sparked an interesting conversation around the table about our own faith journeys and how they have changed course in recent years, which raised some interesting questions that I would like to pose to you:

His masterful use of extensive resources takes us into the world of early Pentecostals, eavesdropping on the conversations that took place around kitchen tables in order «to catch the multitudinous whispers of everyday life that... other studies have tended to overlook.»

The early phone calls among potential members and the initial conversations in the shopping malls and around dinner tables conjured up a variety of churchly images.

We all now have kids and lives going different directions but I was inspired by our conversations around our rental's dinner table.

of course we missed our family that we weren't able to see, but me, frank, and my in - laws sat around this lovely table and shared a number of yummy meals and tons of conversation.

We had an incredibly fun group of people over, and although I was busy cooking and serving, there were a lot of good laughs and conversations around the table.

Sunday Super Movement is a virtual blogger's progressive dinner party encouraging families to gather around the table and connect though food and conversation.

We hope you'll enjoy the flavors, the process, and the conversations you'll be having around your table.

And of course, while eating the meal around the family table the conversation would without fail turn to how we might improve on our efforts and what we might make next time.

As the conversation dwindles to sighs of satisfaction and murmurs of «Oh, god this is so good,» the always - moving Rucker calmly looks around the table.

Ideal for either lunch or dinner, this Bacon, Lettuce and Tomato Turkey Taco recipe will start a whole new conversation around the family table.

In our casual, everyday conversations around the dinner table, if we do not try and consistently see things from another person's viewpoint, if we do not try and understand how someone else who is struggling has gotten to the point of trouble that they are in, our teen will see us as judgmental.

If you are a parent who doesn't often worry about putting food on the table or having a warm place for your child to go to sleep, wrapping your arms around this conversation may be quite difficult.

Looking up to everyone at the table from way down on the floor isn't the same as sitting with them, being part of the conversation that happens around the family table.

I'd just had a silly conversation with my mom where she tried to talk me into outfitting a table full of toys for the kids at the wedding (as if all they wanted to do wasn't to eat cake and run around after each other and hide in flower beds that were totally off limits).

«That ability to have conversations led to a formal proposal, where I went and took pictures of the fair and brought it and sat around the table with members of state government and said «This is really what it looks like.»»

The other 98 photos are sure to spark conversation around the holiday table, as well.

If conversation around the family Thanksgiving table starts tipping into treacherous terrain — or your rage gets stuffed down further than cornbread in a turkey's cavity — change the subject.

I had visions of my family waking up to their delicious smell, gathering around the table in laughter and conversation.

I believe that life happens around the table, with friends and neighbors and everyone and that no matter where you find yourself, gathering people to share a meal and conversation will always, 100 % of the time, leave your heart bursting with love.

The conversations around the table varied from the crispiness of the bacon crumbles on the deviled eggs to where you can buy Free People for under $ 6.

There are others around the table to keep the conversation going and the mood lively.

Lunch table conversations revolve around dating drama about them then their radical unselfish love for Jesus and other people.

The conversations around the dinner table at the boarding house Ellis stays in and then her boyfriend's family contrast vastly with the stark environment of her own home.

Those crazy non sequitur conversations around the dinner table mirror some of my family get togethers.

During the cocktail hour and around the long dinner tables purchased by the studios to fete their Oscar contenders, attendees shared a more uncomfortable night of raised eyebrows and hushed, who - will - be-next conversations.

«Around the dinner table, the conversation is lively,» the message reads.

For example, wrapping a «coastline» of individuals, often listening to personalized content through earbuds, around the spirited conversations of a peer - to - peer learning table, works quite well.

We often ask in our educational surveys «do you have conversations around the table that talk about school or about the environment?»

And not in any one thing, but in parents talking to kids and letting kids speak, reading to kids, and in families sitting around the dinner table having interesting conversations, and in kids being exposed to extended family and friends, that is, not bound by the (necessarily) limited views of their own parents.»

Professor Mapp is an exceptional teacher who can transform a class discussion of 40 students in a large lecture hall into a conversation that feels as intimate as five friends sitting around a table.

«We really want this conversation to be had, but we want to have it around the table instead of through the media,» Galvin told StateImpact.

The conversation around the Zaragozas» table is casual, even light - hearted.

It is great if these conversations happen around the water cooler, or the dinner table, but one of the real attractions to blogging for me is to have thoughtful discussions about interesting topics in the public realm.

I'd learn many interesting thing in the minutes that followed, as a fierce conversation broke out instantly around the table.

With the new format of going straight into the interview — I don't know — I feel a bit rushed as if I've been hurriedly seated and the main course has been put in front of me before I can even have the beginnings of good conversation with those around the table.

Both topics are fodder for easy conversation around the chips - and - dip table, and there's also the social aspect as well.

Even if your bankruptcy isn't affecting your spouse financially, it's probably resulted in emotional turmoil and a lot of difficult conversations around the dinner table.

And while it probably won't be a topic of conversation around the dinner table, it's always there in the back of your mind — a reminder that you're spending thousands of dollars on interest when you'd rather use that money to pay for holiday gifts or a ski vacation.

Interesting conversations around the breakfast table are an integral part of your stay, and furnishings and décor for each room are always personal; sometimes whimsical.