by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2010 | Adventure, Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
Noting the importance of physical education classes at school and healthy school lunches and eating less fast food and encouraging less time in front of the computer and TV screens and more time outdoors are all good when it comes to the ongoing discussion of how...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 31, 2010 | Children, Church, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting
A while back, we recently confiscated our 12-year-old twins’ I-Pods just before we were leaving for church. Okay, I know I am sounding like the tough-love mom, but if I am honest, my husband actually did the tough-parenting deed. I am the one who complains to my...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 22, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Refugees
My daughter and I were looking forward to a nice lunch at the Red and Black, a vegan cafe in southeast Portland, two days before she was to return to school in Germany. Having a vegetarian daughter makes for great eating adventures. I had heard about the southeast...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | May 4, 2010 | Culture, Faith, Live the Questions, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
This month’s Rolling Hills Writers Connection meeting, Thursday May 20, at 7 p.m. in the East Atrium features Guest Speaker Matt Mikalatos, a recent Western Seminary graduate, Campus Crusade for Christ missionary, and author of the just-released book, Imaginary...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Apr 7, 2010 | Culture
Okay, so to all the people who think that we are hip and modern and into the newest technology – namely Twitter – hear this. Twitter goes back to the Ancient Book of Books, the Bible. That’s right. Indeed, that proverb that declares that nothing new is under the sun...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Mar 22, 2010 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Kids, Life, Moms, Parenting, Youth
We took our 12-year-old twins’ I-Pods away yesterday before church. Okay, I know I am sounding like the tough-love mom, but if I am honest, my husband actually did the tough-parenting deed. I am the one who complains to my husband about the over-use of I-Pods and...
