Author - Preston Pouteaux

Preston PouteauxPreston 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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The Long Wait

Our history has two threads that run through it; the threads of patience and impatience. Threads that mark our response to waiting. We all remember when...

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A Thankful City

Gratitude is a kind of thread that holds communities together. Often unseen, uncelebrated, and unnoticed by most as we go about our day to day work, but...

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Loving Your Neighbours From Afar

Coming together by keeping at a distance – this seems to be our new reality. But how do we care for each other in these surreal and uncertain times? This...

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The Non-Anxious Neighbourhood

What a strange time we live in. A virus, so small and so dangerous to so many, has brought the whole world to a stop. We are only beginning to realize how the...

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Temper

One of my neighbours is a farrier, he puts shoes on horses. He has taught me a lot about growing as a person and neighbour. One day, while over at his place...

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Old Seeds, New Hope

We have a little cardboard box of seeds we pull down from our cupboard every year around this time. While the snow still covers the garden, we fold open the...

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I Love You, But…

One of the most enjoyable parts of my vocation as a pastor is to officiate weddings. There is something so tender and beautiful about two people coming...

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What to do with nice things

A few years ago I was given a very pricey bottle of scotch. It was an unexpected surprise that threw me off a bit. So I called the friend who gave it to me to...

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Trying On New Words

Talking to others is a kind of dance towards deeper trust and respect. How we talk requires a lot of attention and care that our mind calculates, on the fly...

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Chickadees

I was in Saskatoon last week and met a friend who had something very special to show me. He took me to a quiet wintery park with a bag of mixed nuts and seeds...


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