“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ― Martin Luther
Faith & Culture and Family Writer ~ Journalist. Speaker. Teacher. Photographer. Editor
“I stitch together stories”– Cornelia Becker Seigneur
Cornelia Seigneur is the author of two books: WriterMom Tales: Corralling the Commotion While Savoring the Chaos, Spilled Cheerios and Prayers of Real-Life Motherhood (2010) and Images of America: WEST LINN (2009).
She has been a freelance journalist for The Oregonian newspaper since 1996, specializing in Faith & Culture and Family features. Cornelia wrote the family column, “Real-Life Mom,” for The Oregonian from 2005 to 2008 and before that she penned the WriterMom and On the Home Front family columns for the West Linn Tidings for seven years.
Currently, Cornelia is the Saturday SW Weekly correspondent covering West Linn neighborhood news as well as the writer of the weekly Sports Spotlight published in the SW Weekly Oregonian.
Cornelia’s work has also appeared in Christianity Today, Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture and the Huffington Post, among other publications.
Since August of 2011, Cornelia has been a Journalism professor at Multnomah University, teaching Article Writing and Newspaper Workshop. In addition, she is the Editorial Director & Faculty Adviser for the NEW! student publication MuSE magazine Muse magazine. She has also taught American Literature, Media Analysis, Persuasion and Communication Theory at MU, as well as Public Relations at George Fox University.
Cornelia is the founder of the Faith & Culture Writers Connection and she was the founding director of Portland’s First Faith & Culture Writers Conference-Taking our Writing to the Streets, the Coffee Shops, and yes, the Church held at Western Seminary in April 2011. Cornelia is also the co-chair of the board of the Center for the Theology of Cultural Engagement where Paul Louis Metzger is the founding director. http://theologyofculture.org/
On the home-front, Cornelia is married and the mother of five children between the ages of 8 and 21. She loves going on adventures with her children and appreciating the extraordinary in the ordinary. She has a heart for refugees, missions, and youth ministry. Cornelia enjoys the outdoors, enjoying hiking, traveling, camping, power walking and bicycle riding. She has completed seven marathons since 2001, including six Portland Marathons. Cornelia was born in Germany and travels overseas as often as possible to visit her amazing daughter who is a student in Mainz Germany.
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February 4, 2012 (2:11) Grieving the loss of 14-year-old Sierra, who took her own life This is so incredibly sad. I am praying for her family, and their loss. I never knew her, but I k...
February 3, 2012 (10:50) Grieving the loss of 14-year-old Sierra, who took her own life Beautifully said, Cornelia. I have no words, just an incredible sorrow for her family and for our...
February 3, 2012 (1:49) Grieving the loss of 14-year-old Sierra, who took her own life Valerie- I just felt compelled to write - It is so heartbreaking. . . . reminds us to go out and ...
February 3, 2012 (1:46) Grieving the loss of 14-year-old Sierra, who took her own life Jennie- it is hard to understand why. My heart aches as well.
February 3, 2012 (1:45) Grieving the loss of 14-year-old Sierra, who took her own life Casey- thank you for writing. The entire community shares in the loss this family is experiencing...