by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Adventure, Children, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Slowing Down, The Extraordinary Ordinary
Okay, so I like fall, the leaves changing colors, the excitement about back to school, the soccer games and cross country matches and youth group events and boy scouts and family traditions like making apple cider. You would not believe how excited our 6 year old got...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Authors, Culture, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions
Saturday night I attended Donald Miller’s A Million Miles Tour at Grace Chapel in Wilsonville Oregon and it was just a fun night. I sat in the front row and he was on the same level as the audience and I asked him if he was moving up higher and he said no, but...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Culture, Family Life, Justice, Kids
I’ve always been so upset when I hear about the one child per family law and forced abortion and abandoned girls in China because everyone wants their boy to pass on the family name. And here in America you hear of happy stories of families adopting children...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Church, Culture, Faith, Kids, Live the Questions
I was at the church library to get some books for my husband to read to our 6-year-old. My husband had asked for some new books as he was getting tired of the same old same old. As I looked around, I also thought of our 11 year old twin sons who love a good story. The...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 23, 2009 | Church, Faith, Live the Questions
I have heard of a statistic that notes how a large majority of kids are leaving the faith as they get beyond high school and move on to collegiate life. I think of church life sometimes and have to wonder: So much of our church is segregated times. The grade schoolers...
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...
