by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2010 | Children, Church, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
A while back, we recently confiscated our 12-year-old twins’ I-Pods just before we were leaving for church. Okay, I know I am sounding like the tough-love mom, but if I am honest, my husband actually did the tough-parenting deed. I am the one who complains to my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 21, 2010 | Children, Church, Faith, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Writing
I was at church and my kids wanted to join me for the “big church” service rather than go to their individual classes, which I love. I so enjoy having my kids in church with me. Church can feel so segregated sometimes, grade school kids here, middle school in another...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 23, 2010 | Children, Church, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Moms, Parenting, Refugees
I am not the state. I am not a foster care home. I am a mom. So many thoughts surround having a 15-year-old injured boy that is not my son live in our home for a while. Originally, we took him in to live with our family in order to keep him safe and to make sure he...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 23, 2009 | Adventure, Children, Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Moms, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website
(Originally published in The Oregonian newspaper Friday, Nov. 20, 2009, page B 2 of Metro section) When Dan Holland, M.D., was finishing his first day of work last summer as a visiting ophthalmologist at Tenwek Hospital in western Kenya, the eye clinic was still...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 18, 2009 | Church, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Justice, Live the Questions, Outreach, Parenting
I love how Advent Conspiracy, which started only 3 years ago is already revolutionizing the way people view the Christmas season. [It feels so good to say Christmas season when all I hear around town and in advertisements and on television and on...
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...
