by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 15, 2009 | Authors, Culture, Justice, Live the Questions, Refugees, Writing
She dared ask questions. . . The 2009 Nobel Prize in Literature goes to author Herta Müller, an ethnic German who was born and raised in Romania. The Nobel committee honored her, “who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape...
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 13, 2009 | Children, Culture, Family Life, Justice, Kids, Live the Questions, Moms, School Days, Youth
A 6 year old Delaware cub scout is so excited to bring his camping utensil to school. The tool is a combination spoon, a fork and a knife, Swiss Army style, and the boy was anticipating using the multi-purpose tool at school for lunch time. The school thought...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 13, 2009 | Children, Culture, Kids, Moms, School Days, Youth
So my high school son had a few friends over last summer to watch movies and one of them is texting right at the beginning of the film, and I think, okay, he’s probably just making plans for the next day, but then he texts again and again and again and for the next 2...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 6, 2009 | Authors, Culture
I enjoy Sunday’s Oregonian section, O! to catch up on the latest book reviews. Then, I go the library and find them online and reserve them for myself to read. The latest was the information on the 2008 Nobel Prize winner in literature announced by the Swedish...
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...
