My grandfather is nearly 90 years old and lives in a small town in Saskatchewan. It is one of those towns with a grain elevator and one main intersection...
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Just the People I Like, Please
There are people we like, and then there’s everyone else. Moving into a community and discovering that it is full of people we could see ourselves...
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Quality Relationships Make It
We live in proximity to hundreds of people if we live in any urban or suburban community. Think about those who sleep close to you every night. It might be...
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From Simplistic to Simple
You, like me, might be irked when someone gives quick and easy answers to hard challenges. Is there crime in the community? Just get the police to do their...
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Unity that Frees
Every day we are bombarded with schemes and plans that ask for our shallow commitment. The cell phone company wants us to sign up for a two year plan and...
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A Home for Appreciation
For the Pouteaux home, thanksgiving is often a mix of frantic planning to host our extended family and to prepare a few meals together. It’s a mad rush...
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6 Mistakes Neighbourhoods Make
Thriving neighbourhoods are vital. A healthy neighbourhood is a place where people can be safe, find support, discover friendships, explore new interests, live...
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Potent
A friend of mine, Jono Ingram in Australia, posted up a picture of an Avocado seed he had been nurturing for a couple months. The seed is golf-ball sized and...
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SOS
When I was a teenager a group of us went white water rafting. We signed up with a company somewhere in the mountains and ventured off. With all the courage a...
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Communities that Laugh Together, Stay Together
They say that laughter is the best medicine, others say it’s the sunbeam of the soul, an instant vacation, and it sweeps the cobwebs from our hearts. If...