by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Dec 2, 2009 | Community Service, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Gratitude, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, The Extraordinary Ordinary
The recent story of the Portland, Oregon dad who was separated from his 3 year old son while trying to get off of a MAX light rail train has been making national news. The “guardian angel” who stayed with the boy until the dad returned to the spot where they were...
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 | Nov 12, 2009 | Children, Community Service, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Live the Questions, Outreach, Refugees, Transitions, Youth
Today I met with adminstrators from Riek’s new school and old school. Riek is 12 years old and he has worked so hard to get into this new school. That is all he has talked about lately. Last weekend when we were taking him back to his North Portland home after...
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...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Justice, Outreach, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection, Writing
I confess, I tried to get out of it at first. You will always be too busy. You will always find a reason to not go. And as the date was approaching I thought of many reasons I did not want to go to the State pen for the annual writing contest they sponsor. Prison...
