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...
Tag - Faith
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
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...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
“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...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
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...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
A Place For Jenny and Other Unexpected Celebrities
In the neighbourhood of Fechenheim, in Frankfurt, Germany, there is a famous and unexpectedly popular resident named Jenny. She’s an older Arabian mare. Yes, a...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Third Places
Throughout this pandemic many of us lived our lives in one place: our home. For me, that meant turning our basement into an office space, our kitchen table...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Around the Table
As I write this, my BBQ is doing something it has not done in a long time: it’s slow roasting a big piece of meat. This is not just any meat, it is meat for a...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Scaling Up a City vs. Growing a Community
Several years ago I visited the first Starbucks in Seattle, Washington. Although it just seemed like any other coffee shop, I’m sure for coffee aficionados...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Pursuit of Happiness
Where does happiness come from? A few years ago my wife and I sat down over several days to do a little happiness audit. We wanted to try and figure out what...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
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Sean Benesh is a leading voice in thinking about neighbourhoods and urban culture. He has written extensively about how the dynamic and complex everyday...
