“I hope that we can experience at least a bit of Christmas cheer,” said my neighbour in passing. “What do you mean?” I asked. He looked over, “well, I really...
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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Sow Seeds Every Day
A friend of mine, and a great lover of neighbourhoods, passed away suddenly and tragically last month. Matthew Gillette was a young father, pastor, and...
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This Moment
Christmas, for all the jingle bells, snow, and Walmart shopping that goes with it, can come with a kind of malaise. A stuck-ness, some might say. We feel the...
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Lighting the Hearth fire
There is something important in the domestic rhythms of life. It is in our homes and in our neighbourhoods where we are formed, made, and perhaps even where we...
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Neighbourhood Manifesto
Creating an amazing city or neighbourhood is less about a silver bullet solution and more about rediscovering a lost art. A few years ago I sat down and wrote...
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Memento Mori this Halloween
I love Halloween: the kids, the candy, the costumes. It is the one day of the year where it seems that everybody can get out, generously offer fist-fulls of...
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What Are We Fighting For?
It is election season and we can see the temperature rising. Many comments sections in social media circles have been heated to exhaustion by those battling...
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Swords Into Plowshares
Often the vision we have of gardeners are round-brimmed hats on kindly retirees with a packet of seeds in one hand and a geranium in the other. This image...
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“What is Wise Right Now?”
There is one question I am asking people I meet, “what is wise right now?” I am on the hunt for wisdom. Often people are surprised by this question. It seems...
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The Halo Project
What is the value of a social or faith-based community group in our city? In a time when we measure most things by how profitable it could be, it is hard to...
