by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 23, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude
During a good-bye party at Pastor Dale and Linda Ebel’s for a Bible study member who is leaving for Germany with her family, I met a gentleman who said he had been reading my story of the Police/Red and Black situation, and told me that it inspired him to a particular...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 16, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
There is a Red & Black Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut. It is a different type of cafe than the Red and Black Cafe in Portland, Oregon. The Red & Black Cafe in Middletown, Connecticut makes it clear that they serve all people. They have sadly received some...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 14, 2010 | Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Writing
My guest column, a follow up reflection on the interesting national conversation that my original blog post, “Where’s a Police Officer to Get a Cup of Coffee?”...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 10, 2010 | Community Service, Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Writing
There have been so many interesting developments and comments and ideas over the past 10 days that my original post, “Where’s a police officer to get a cup of coffee?” went viral. It is amazing the power of the pen in sharing a story. And people are running with it....
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 6, 2010 | Culture, Justice, Life, Live the Questions
During an interview this past week regarding my blog post, “Where’s a Police Officer to get a cup of Coffee?” I was asked whether I knew what the red and black stood for before going there for lunch Tuesday May 18 with my daughter. I had briefly...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jun 6, 2010 | Art, Culture, Faith, Faith & Culture Writers Connection, Faith and Culture, Living - Oregonian Newspaper, Oregonian stories, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Writing
(Originally published in print edition of The Oregonian, O! Sunday section, June 6, 2010 Oregonian O! Story on Matt Mikalatos) (Photo: Arkasha Stevenson, The Oregonian)(Photo: Matt Mikalatos, author of “Imaginary Jesus,” has his hands (and shoulders) full with...
