A different kind of summer vacation – Mission to Rwanda

Presentation Friday Nov. 8 and Saturday Nov. 9 from 7-8 pm: Barbara and Todd Briscoe and family will discuss their Rwanda mission in a one-hour presentation 7-8 pm, Friday and Saturday, Nov. 8-9, at the Lake Oswego Art Center, 510 1st Street, Lake Oswego.Information:...

Are you a Success or a Failure? It’s Not What You Do or Don’t Do, It’s Who You Are

     Our Writers Connection visited the Oregon State Penitentiary recently for their yearly Essay Presentation. I served as MC, and they also asked me to present an essay. As I thought and prayed about what to share, I remembered a recent exchange between my...

A Bloom in the Sidewalk features stories of six women healed by art

(Published in print edition June 26, 2013 of SW Weekly Oregonian June 26, 2013 and found on oregonlive.com OREGONLIVE STORY ON BLOOM IN THE SIDEWALK) When Kimber Dion and her sister Kristin Schultz, were growing up in the Portland  area, they were both sexually abused...

Lost Boy Olympian Lopez Lomong Runs to Save Lives – My Christianity Today magazine story

BY CORNELIA SEIGNEUR (Update: Lopez Lomong places 1oth in the 5,000 meter finals August 11- Mo Farah of Great Britain was first, Lagat Bernard of US was 4th and Galen Rupp of US was 7th) 5,000 Meter Men’s Olympics Final Results Lopez Lomong knows what it’s...

Here is the church. . . the people need to get out of the steeple – A message from tonight’s John 17:23 Network meeting on refugees

Paul Metzger asked me to speak at the John 17:23 Network meeting tonight, which focused on refugees. I was honored to share the story of our friendship with Sudan refugees from North Portland — Jima and Wang’s—family, as well as the larger Sudanese Portland...

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