by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 28, 2011 | Community, Community Service, Culture, Faith and Culture, West Linn Neighborhood Correspondent for Oregonian SW Community, West Linn news
At 91-years-old, Nora Martin Janik – then known as Nora Lou — seems to have barely slowed down from her fast paced Hollywood life in the 1940s. Janik, then known as Nora Lou, sang for the future king of Norway (Prince Olav), made movies with Roy Rogers and Gene...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 12, 2011 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Culture, Faith, Faith. Culture. The Arts Connection, Life, Live the Questions, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection, Writers Connection-
For October’s Faith & Culture WRITERS CONNECTION Thursday Oct. 20 at 7 p.m., we are honored to feature award winning author Gina Ochsner! Gina is the author of the short story collection The Necessary Grace to Fall, which received the Flannery O’Connor Award for...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Oct 7, 2011 | Children, Church, Community, Faith, Faith and Culture, Justice, Kids, Life, Live the Questions, Outreach, Portland
I will be screening the documentary, Sex+Money: A National Search for Human Worth, for Christianity Today’s women’s blog. scheduled for 6 p.m. Friday Oct. 7 at Portland State University at Hoffman Hall. The film shares highlights of interviews that five young...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 21, 2011 | Author/Speaking Events, Authors, Christianity, Church, Communication, Community Service, Culture, Faith, Faith and Culture, Faith. Culture. The Arts Connection, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Outreach, Rolling Hills Writing & Culture Connection
For this month’s Writers Connection Thursday Sept. 22, we make our annual trek to the Oregon State Penitentiary for a Writing Outreach. We will present essays on the topics of 1) Re-entry into Society 2) Does rehabilitation work? 3) Second Chance – What do you...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Sep 10, 2011 | Church, Community Service, Faith, Faith and Culture, Gratitude, Justice, Life, Live the Questions, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach
By Cornelia Seigneur – Special to The Oregonian When Michelle Therrell reflects on the labyrinth walks offered at the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility every other Monday, she gets teary-eyed. “A lot of people say when you come to prison you find...
by Cornelia Becker Seigneur | Jul 24, 2011 | Church, Community, Community Service, Justice, Oregonian stories, Oregonian SW Community Section, Oregonlive.com - Oregonian website, Outreach, Writing
Joelle Baker and her 9-year-old son Kurt serendipitously fell into a day of fun at Tualatin Community Park earlier this month. “I heard these people speaking Spanish, and kids were gathered for piñatas and there were snow cones. Then, a lady asked us to join...
