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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Miracles

Do miracles still happen today? In the stories of God and God’s people in the Bible we read about some spectacular and almost unbelievable miracles. The...

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Neighbourhood Story Tellers

Everyone you meet has a story. They may have had good or bad experiences, hard or joyful memories, and all of this makes up their life story – or at...

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To Walk

Walking is a time waster these days. In a busy world with things to get done, walking is the inconvenient and slow option. Leisurely walking may be a...

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Creating Amazing Places

There is an art and a science to creating the very best neighbourhood developments. From a design perspective, developers and architects work together with...

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What We Pass On

I may never meet my great-great grandchildren. They are likely to face challenges that I will never know, and they may be given opportunities in a world I...

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Mi Casa Es Tu Casa

Our homes are not just buildings where we sleep and eat, they are gathering places where life happens and where new relationships spark to life. From my...

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Pot Bound

Over the past few weeks there has been a lot of landscaping action outside of our offices. Lake Ridge Community Church and Synergy share office space at the...

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Neighbourhood Super Heroes

My first true super hero was Spider Man. My mom bought me a plastic toy and it traveled with me wherever I went. Spidey could climb walls, shoot webbing from...

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A Neighbourhood of No Regrets

Living a life without regrets is about living for things that matter, not about filling our lives with things that distract us from who we were made to be...

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The Era of Reconnection

How we think about our neighbourhood changes how we live in our neighbourhood. If we think our neighbourhood is a product, we will pass by most of it until we...


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