by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Authors, The Extraordinary Ordinary
While reading my edition of the Books & Culture review published by the same company that publishes Christianity Today, there was an advertisement about an upcoming Conference for Christian Thinkers that intrigued me. It was to be held in Nashville and the guest...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Family Life, Gratitude, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
I had to go to a writing meeting tonight so I was not able to eat dinner with the family, but I did not want to miss what was happening at home. I did not want to miss the ordinary extraordinary. Rachel’s friend had come over and I had initially thought they were...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 15, 2009 | Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
He sits at the corner of the bend of Carriage Way. Every morning and evening to wave at the passers by rushing to work or wherever the day requires. Just seeing him, makes me want to slow down. The first time I drove by a couple of years ago, he waved at me wearing...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 26, 2009 | Adventure, Adventures with Kids, Children, Extraordinary Ordinary, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Real LIfe, Real-Life Mom column, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Wow, what a week [two as one of the weeks was preparing]- a road trip to Yellowstone Park-our first with our children. Our daughter’s boyfriend Stefan from Germany was with us and he was baptized into our large family life- eight of us squeezed into a Chevy...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Aug 8, 2009 | The Extraordinary Ordinary
I am so loving having my daughter home for the summer. I know this because I rise several days a week, at least three, to ride my bicycle with her to her job in Oregon City, where she works for Clackamas County as a temporary summer employed. She rides her bicycle...
