by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 14, 2009 | Children, Church, Culture, Faith, Family Life, Kids, School Days, Youth
So, the question of what to get your kids to read, especially Christian literature is upon me once again by a blog reader who wants to start a book group for kids [how neat is that!], and I must say I am not as well versed in this area of Christian books for kids. As...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 6, 2009 | Adventure, Faith, Family Life, The Extraordinary Ordinary
So, my darling 6 year old is chucklingas I hobble down each step sideways and as I say, Ouch and Ouwee and Oh that hurts a day after my marathon race! “Quit laughing at me,” I tease back at him. Yes, I am sore after completing my 6th marathon on Sunday, my 5th...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 1, 2009 | Church, Faith, Kids, Outreach, Youth, Youth Ministry
So, I’ve moved down in the world — The past five years I have been active with the high school ministry at church which I loved. High schoolers are so real and so raw and so down to earth and I have enjoyed hanging with my two older children’s youth...
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...
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...
