All posts by Preston Pouteaux
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Be of Good Courage
My heart sank when I heard the emergency alert from the Alberta Government: another set of restrictions and more hard news. I flipped over to...
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Allies
My wife, Kelly, served as a medical relief worker in Haiti and Brazil, but some of her best stories came from a year she spent...
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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...
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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,...
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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....
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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...
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Isolation and the Great Idea
It sometimes takes a great sadness to change us; but not to coerce us, manipulate us, or guilt us into a new way of life....
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When Neighbourhoods Lament
I remember sitting with a friend when I was going through a hard time in my teenage years. I was thinking about some pretty hard...
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The Hopeful Sound of Block Parties
2020 was the first year our little corner of Rainbow Falls did not celebrate with a block party. We all shared in the ache of...
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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...
Preston Pouteaux - Into the Neighbourhood
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.
email: preston@lakeridgecommunity.com
