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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May I…

For the past few summers, Lake Ridge Community Church has organized a community Soap Box Car Derby. Kids build cars, paint them up, and then we race them down...

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Neighbours, by the Numbers

How trustworthy do you think your neighbours might be? Could you rely on the people next door in a pinch? How often do you visit with your neighbours? A...

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Honeybees and Neighbourhoods

This week marked a very small milestone for our city. In fact, it was a bee-sized milestone. City Council took the advice of city staff to allow small scale...

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Lo-fi Neighbouring

Years ago, when I was studying in Vancouver, one of my professors had a simple way of connecting with his students that has stuck with me for years. He and his...

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Parka People

Years ago, to pay my way through college, I spent my summers working at my local grocery store. While it seemed like everyone else was out in the sun, I was...

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Who’s Really Outside?

Bronisław Malinowski studied the local tribes of Papua New Guinea starting in 1914. He became well known as an ethnographer, collecting stories and insight...

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If we pray, we will love

Mother Teresa was known for her deep love for the poor and sick. In her lifetime she started an organization of hospitals and homes for people with HIV/AIDS...

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A Neighbourhood that Fikas Together…

Do you fika? I mean, do you really fika? Swedes know how to fika pretty well. It’s their word, after all. Fika is both a noun and a verb, and it means...

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Forward

Getting to where we want to go is not always a straight shot. Accomplishing the goals we have for our lives is not easily gained in three easy steps. Yet in...


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