by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 6, 2010 | Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
During an interview this past week regarding my blog post, “Where’s a Police Officer to get a cup of Coffee?” I was asked whether I knew what the red and black stood for before going there for lunch Tuesday May 18 with my daughter. I had briefly...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 3, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, Refugees, Writing
When I blogged about the experience I had at a local café in Portland where my daughter and I were having a quiet conversation with a Portland Police officer before we were interrupted by the café owner, who asked the police officer to leave, I never dreamed that the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 22, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Refugees
My daughter and I were looking forward to a nice lunch at the Red and Black, a vegan cafe in southeast Portland, two days before she was to return to school in Germany. Having a vegetarian daughter makes for great eating adventures. I had heard about the southeast...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 4, 2010 | Culture, Faith, Live the Questions, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
This month’s Rolling Hills Writers Connection meeting, Thursday May 20, at 7 p.m. in the East Atrium features Guest Speaker Matt Mikalatos, a recent Western Seminary graduate, Campus Crusade for Christ missionary, and author of the just-released book, Imaginary...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 29, 2010 | Children, Faith, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
So my 7 year old says to me last night, as he sees my on-going bumpy rash on my hands, “Mom, did the devil make your hands hurt?” I looked at him a bit confused and my husband said, “Cornelia, he’s asking you a question.” And he asked it again, then explained his...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jan 23, 2010 | Children, Faith, Gratitude, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms, Parenting
During a lunch outing with my good friend Kristi from Rolling Hills at Manzana’s to celebrate her birthday, we spoke of gratitude and how you can build thankfulness into our kids’ lives. Too many of our children have this attitude of I deserve it all and...
