by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 29, 2009 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary, Transitions
For as much as we complain about modern technology — especially if it is not working and if it eats up too much time and if our kids are over-using it — it sure is nice if you stop and think about it. Last weekend I was able to not only talk to my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 26, 2009 | Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
Calling all scribes: Thursday November 19 is our next Rolling Hills’ Writers Connection Meeting at the church, in the East Foyer at 7 p.m. The East Foyer has the floor to ceiling windows and faces the parking lot [that looks towards Borland Road and the Swamp]...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 24, 2009 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
The recent Denver Balloon Boy story that has been making international news has made me wonder, what in the world are these parents thinking. It is one thing to see what people will go through to get their five minutes of fame, but it’s quite another issue when they...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 23, 2009 | Children, Church, Community Service, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Live the Questions, Moms, Outreach, Slowing Down
So on Monday my long time friend Bea calls me about 3:30 in the afternoon to ask how I am doing. This is so refreshing because she means it. Here’s how I know: I say the usual “okay,” and she follows it up with a “What is going on right now in your life.” I tell her...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 15, 2009 | Authors, Culture, Justice, Live the Questions, Refugees, Writing
She dared ask questions. . . The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to author Herta Müller, an ethnic German who was born and raised in Romania. The Nobel committee honored her, “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape...
