by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 22, 2009 | Faith, Justice, Live the Questions
If you are a woman in America, count your blessings for the pants in your closet and the ability to wear them, as silly as that may seem. Other women in other countries are not as fortunate. Take Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, a journalist who works for the media department...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2009 | Community Service, Faith, Rolling Hills Community and Mission Stories
When Tyler plays fetch with Indie the dog and Peanut the cat, Trent just laughs and laughs. “And sometimes I will put the ball near Trent and act like he is throwing the ball and he laughs at that. He loves making voices, impersonating movies. During his freshman year...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2009 | Community Service, Faith, Rolling Hills Community and Mission Stories
When Joyce Nagy met with Ann Witsil, the executive director of the Kinship House, to discuss painting a mural, Ann just wanted a tree. “Ann said to me, ‘I look out my office window and see a blank wall, and I am wondering if we could get a tree.’ So, we just got the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 1, 2009 | Christianity, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Family Life, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
One moment he is riding his bicycle in Africa and the next he is struck by a motorcycle and gone from this earth. Former West Linn High School band teacher who taught my son Ryan for three years, Jeff Cumpston, a day shy of his 53rd birthday, was killed in Zimbabwe...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 26, 2009 | Church, Culture, Faith
I am thinking a lot about church. . .the universal church and the local church. Both are important, though recently there has been a lot of talk of how people do not like the local churches. They hate mega churches and large churches and institutionalized religion....
