by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 9, 2013 | Christianity, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Slowing Down, Writing
Dear tailgater. I see the evil eye you are giving me. The impatient look. The “what are you doing, lady, learn how to drive” look. I see these looks because I have looked at people in the same manner. In fact, I did that just today. I have said to myself or to my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 2, 2013 | Author/Speaking Events, Church, Community Service, Faith & Culture Writers Connection, Gratitude, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Outreach, Parenting, Refugees, Rolling Hills Community Church Writers Connection, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection, Writers Connection-, Writing
Our Writers Connection visited the Oregon State Penitentiary recently for their yearly Essay Presentation. I served as MC, and they also asked me to present an essay. As I thought and prayed about what to share, I remembered a recent exchange between my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 19, 2013 | Authors, Book Reviews, Huffington Post, Justice, Writing
(Also published in the Huffington Post Huffington Post Ken Wytsma story) When Ken Wytsma was an undergraduate engineering major, he had a health scare that caused him to re-evaluate the fast-paced fraternity partying way of life he enjoyed. He began reading the bible...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 14, 2013 | Christianity, Church, Communication, Faith, Faith and Culture, Justice, Life, Oregonian stories, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Portland
(Originally published at Undivided Oregonlive.com Story) Dan Merchant is back behind the camera after his fascinating “Lord, Save Us From Your Followers” LORD SAVE US, the 2009 documentary that followed Merchant clad in “Jesus Saves Us”...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Feb 6, 2013 | Art, Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Writing
Several plates had steaks painted on them. Some had a hamburger depicted on them. There were quite a number of plates with paintings of a variety of fish. One had a cigarette as its focus in the middle of the plate and another a cold glass of ice water. Then there was...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 7, 2012 | Africa, Gratitude, Home, Justice, Kids, Life, Parenting, Refugees, Writing
He walks to the door with his supervisor to let us in the locked rusty metal door double bolted entrance, which leads us through a cement-to-ceiling wired fence that takes us into a courtyard where deflated basketballs and wet picnic tables are pushed to the side. He...
