When gardens thrive, you know it. You can smell the aroma of sweet peas, you can see the lively buds and blossoms, you can feel the thick green grass between...
Author - Preston Pouteaux
Preston is a pastor at Lake Ridge Community Church in Chestermere and experiments mostly in the intersection of faith and neighbourhood. Into the Neighbourhood explores how we all contribute to creating a healthy and vibrant community. Preston is also a beekeeper; a reminder that small things make a big difference.
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May I…
For the past few summers, Lake Ridge Community Church has organized a community Soap Box Car Derby. Kids build cars, paint them up, and then we race them down...
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Neighbours, by the Numbers
How trustworthy do you think your neighbours might be? Could you rely on the people next door in a pinch? How often do you visit with your neighbours? A...
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Honeybees and Neighbourhoods
This week marked a very small milestone for our city. In fact, it was a bee-sized milestone. City Council took the advice of city staff to allow small scale...
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Lo-fi Neighbouring
Years ago, when I was studying in Vancouver, one of my professors had a simple way of connecting with his students that has stuck with me for years. He and his...
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Parka People
Years ago, to pay my way through college, I spent my summers working at my local grocery store. While it seemed like everyone else was out in the sun, I was...
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Who’s Really Outside?
Bronisław Malinowski studied the local tribes of Papua New Guinea starting in 1914. He became well known as an ethnographer, collecting stories and insight...
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If we pray, we will love
Mother Teresa was known for her deep love for the poor and sick. In her lifetime she started an organization of hospitals and homes for people with HIV/AIDS...
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A Neighbourhood that Fikas Together…
Do you fika? I mean, do you really fika? Swedes know how to fika pretty well. It’s their word, after all. Fika is both a noun and a verb, and it means...
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Forward
Getting to where we want to go is not always a straight shot. Accomplishing the goals we have for our lives is not easily gained in three easy steps. Yet in...
