by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 18, 2010 | Children, Community, Community Service, Culture, Kids, Life, Live the Questions
Barry S. Childs of West Linn received the 2010 Purpose Prize for his work through Africa Bridge, a nonprofit organization he founded in 2000 to assist children orphaned by HIV/AIDS and other vulnerable children in rural Tanzania. Childs, along with nine other Purpose...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 15, 2010 | Communication, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Life, Slowing Down
Hundreds Singing Handel’s Hallelujah chorus at Macy’s for a Random Act of Culture! My friend Mary just sent me the link for this rendition of Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus on You Tube — The Opera Company of Philadelphia brought together over 650...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 12, 2010 | Adventure, Community, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Moms
At 11:30 Wednesday night, while my son and I were watching the movie Apollo 13, the telephone startled us from the couch. My mind starting racing — My twins were at a retreat with the church youth group, my son and daughter away at college. The phone call...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Nov 9, 2010 | Communication, Culture, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories
Called the Public Isolation Project, a woman is living alone in a glass room, located at bside6 in downtown Portland, Oregon. The woman, Cristin Norine, will be physically isolated from others for a full month, communicating with the outside world only via the...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 28, 2010 | Communication, Culture, Faith, Life
Students are invited to “spit their best Jesus poem,” at tonight’s Poetry Slam being held at Portland State University. The audience judges the event with applause and the winner takes home $ 300. Campus Crusade for Christ is sponsoring the free community event,...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 17, 2010 | Culture, Faith, Gratitude, Life, Outreach
In an Associated press article found in my Thursday Oct. 14, 2010 Oregonian newspaper, the individual stories of each of the 33 miners rescued after 69 days in a Chilean mine were shared along with a snap shot photo of each of the men. These particular stories of the...
