by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 6, 2010 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Community, Writing
I will be participating in the Willamette Writers Writers Faire Tuesday Dec. 7 at 7 pm at the Old Church in Downtown Portland. This is the first time I have done this event. It will be fun to see all of the Willamette Writers published authors’ books on...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 30, 2010 | Culture, Faith, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Moms
She was merely trying to share a drink of water with her co-workers in the field, but they were not interested in water from a non-Muslim woman in Pakistan. The situation sparked an encounter, that led to accusations of blasphemy against a Pakistani Christian...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 20, 2010 | Communication, Community, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Portland
The story I penned for The Oregonian on Cristin Norine and Josh Elliot’s Social Isolation Project is the cover of today’s How We Live section. It never grows old seeing stories I have written published in the paper. The link is...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 18, 2010 | Children, Community, Community Service, Culture, Kids, Life, Live the Questions
Barry S. Childs of West Linn received the 2010 Purpose Prize for his work through Africa Bridge, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2000 to assist children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children in rural Tanzania. Childs, along with nine other Purpose...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2010 | Communication, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Life, Slowing Down
Hundreds Singing Handel’s Hallelujah chorus at Macy’s for a Random Act of Culture! My friend Mary just sent me the link for this rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus on You Tube — The Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 12, 2010 | Adventure, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Moms
At 11:30 Wednesday night, while my son and I were watching the movie Apollo 13, the telephone startled us from the couch. My mind starting racing — My twins were at a retreat with the church youth group, my son and daughter away at college. The phone call...
