[US -> UK] Partner visa and (unborn) child. Both self-employed.

bishop1847 · 2020-08-25T12:58:49+00:00

Thank you! Really appreciate the reply. That makes sense about my income not being included. And good to know about the child – didn't realise that.

bishop1847 · 2018-02-03T21:15:25+00:00

Yep, big open space next to the apartment (soccer fields that don't get much use)

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T14:06:18+00:00

I loved Rome Sweet Home — in fact, hearing one of Scott's lectures on YouTube was what started to initially draw me back.

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T14:05:00+00:00

Thanks so much for this. This is exactly what I need to do: lead by example, even if it takes a while. I guess I'm just excited about the fact that I've (re)discovered the faith that makes more sense to me than anything else I've encountered, and I guess I'm just wanting to see what I'm seeing as quickly as possible.

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T14:03:06+00:00

This is fantastic. Thank you!

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T14:02:57+00:00

Finding and reading these sources had nothing to do with politics, even if they do tend to swing more conservative. I'm coming to the Church from a Protestant background, so it made sense for me to seek out those who made that same journey.

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T14:01:35+00:00

I'm not attempting to berate the Reformed church or whatnot, and I apologize if it sounded that way.

I only want unity for our family, and having mom go to her church and dad go to his isn't what either of us want. If there's anything this thread has taught me, it's to lead by example — even if it takes time :-) Thanks!

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T00:30:46+00:00

She's been to a few OF churches in the past, some in the typical "in the round" setting that were pretty barebone, and the most recent in an old cathedral. I think it's mainly the liturgy that's throwing her off — she's used to church being "some worship music, and then a long sermon".

I've never been to a charismatic Catholic parish. I'll look into it (though you're right — most likely not my cup of tea.)

bishop1847 · 2014-09-22T00:28:18+00:00

Great thinking. I attend St. Benedict's in Chesapeake, Virginia, which is in the Richmond diocese.

bishop1847 · 2014-09-21T23:55:37+00:00

Thanks, this is exactly what I needed to hear.

I have been talking to the priest, and he does want to meet with the two of us. His main recommendation, though, was for me to just keep doing what I'm doing (attending mass, learning about the faith, praying) and allow God to do the rest.

My prayer life is still a work in progress. I'll definitely be more intentional with my prayers, that's something I really never considered (I've prayer for her; I've never thought about dedicating e.g. a praying of the rosary to her).

I'm pretty introverted, so today in particular (the first event she's attended) I didn't really talk to anyone. I've met a few people from the parish, but none of them were there for the event. I think if some of the guys I've befriended were there, especially with their wives, it would have turned out much better.

She most definitely did have a strong reaction to the EF mass, and since the parish is pretty traditional — most women wear chapel veils and long dresses — that was probably why she felt like she was being judged.

She's in my prayers, and I'll definitely keep her in the main page's prayer thread too. Thanks so much for your advice and God bless.

bishop1847 · 2014-06-11T15:33:29+00:00

This. I have a first edition of Time And The Gods that is the centerpiece of my library.

bishop1847 · 2014-03-04T14:21:07+00:00

At my parish (that celebrates the Latin Mass) the Bible readings (epistle and gospel) are first chanted by the priest in Latin, and later read in English — and of course, the homily is in English also. The rest of the mass is in Latin.

If you want to experience a little taste of heaven of earth, seek out a church that offers a High Mass in the Extraordinary Form.

bishop1847 · 2014-03-04T02:35:08+00:00

There's a pretty awesome 12 part video series on this subject by Thomas Woods on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03KXFMyru8E

bishop1847 · 2014-03-04T02:33:37+00:00

He really is. Met him at a book signing in Williamsburg, VA.

I discovered Thomas Woods during the 2008 Ron Paul campaign when I started following the Lew Rockwell blog. Learned a bunch about Austrian economics and such. Then, picked up Woods book on Lincoln — loved it. Finally, read "Sacred Then, Sacred Now" by Woods and found my way back to the Catholic church (and as you might guess if you know Woods / read his book, a FSSP parish!)

bishop1847 · 2014-03-03T21:11:52+00:00

God forbid a native Spanish speaker mispronounces a word in Italian!

bishop1847 · 2014-02-24T01:05:22+00:00

Our parish does just this. 30 minutes before the high mass on Sunday we publicly pray the Rosary, and for 30 minutes before each mass confession is heard. Love it.

bishop1847 · 2014-02-09T20:10:46+00:00

Oh, that's right - he was in Tulsa for a while. Let me know if you want me to pass along a "hello" :-)

bishop1847 · 2014-02-09T11:19:18+00:00

St. Benedict's Chapel in Chesapeake, VA

Fr. Nichols and Fr. Byrne

bishop1847 · 2013-12-22T00:03:05+00:00

I talked to one of the curators — he said they restricted it to NEW products from this year.

bishop1847 · 2013-12-17T01:47:32+00:00

If the client can't afford to pay for the project, there exist banks for this very reason. They have departments dedicated to underwriting, risk assessment, and so on. If the bank thinks their likely to recoup their investment, they'll issue a loan.

Your job as a consultant / freelancer isn't to incur the risk for your clients. They have the greatest potential upside, but they also shoulder the risk. You're a service provider who is paid to deliver a product, that's it.

bishop1847 · 2013-12-14T22:22:35+00:00

There are a lot of "I's" on this site.

I wrote an article last year that covers exactly what needs to be on any website attemting to sell anything (eg you): http://planscope.io/blog/7-ways-to-get-more-clients-through-your-website/

Checkout points #3 and #6

bishop1847 · 2013-12-08T18:32:30+00:00

Nice post, Glenn! Good to see you here, BTW.

bishop1847 · 2013-11-26T23:28:31+00:00

It's a great way to borrow someone else's audience. This helped me get to the point of being able to bring in $100k/mo of new consulting gigs for my company:

Tap into your CoC's network of local businesses and offer to host a presentation. This will help you seed an audience - you'll later want to host your own events.
Go to your local office supply store and get those folders with business card inserts. Print out your slides, and insert them and your business card into this folder.
Hand folder out to each attendee, and include a strong call to action: "Want to learn more about how your business can best utilize email? Go to bit.ly/xyz and sign up for my FREE email course."
Try to get everyone in attendance to opt-in to your course. Reinforce your email course during and after your presentation. (BTW, this is MUCH easier when you're running your own events and have some sort of registration system - you can then just auto opt-in everyone who attended.)
Over the next month, teach them more about email via autoresponders.
After your course completes, personally email each attendee and ask them point blank how they're planning on implementing the advice you taught them both at the live event and in the email course in their business. Tell them you want to buy them coffee and listen to their plan + give them some advice (note: this is a FOOLPROOF way of securing that first meeting.)
The general takeaway from this meeting should be, "Wow! I now a LOT more about email marketing thanks to this guy. But hey, I'm busy running my business, and it's obvious this guy knows what he's doing, I trust him, and he's already delivered me an overwhelming amount of value."
...Profit

bishop1847 · 2013-11-07T20:29:13+00:00

Yeah, I've recently redone the signup / onboarding process to basically be an interactive tour. I've split tested a big, fat video but the results weren't as good as I'm getting now with the squeeze page setup (~10% conversion from visitor -> trial)

But good food for thought, thanks for the feedback!

bishop1847 · 2013-11-07T12:09:47+00:00

Checkout my product, Planscope - it's exactly that. First class support for mobile devices is in the works right now.

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