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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Take Ten Steps Back…Stay

We all like to be alone once in awhile. Getting away from the duties of our life and finding a moment to simply ‘be,’ is sometimes more valuable than...

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The (Still) Golden Rule

For thousands of years we’ve had neighbours and neighbourhoods. Whether it was the cavemen next door who made loud noises until all hours of the night...

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Belonging Everywhere

My wife and her brother love the Calgary Roughnecks. Each year they get season tickets and plan their lives around the next lacrosse game. Decked out in the...

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Warming up the Neighbourhood

The other day I waved at a neighbour and said, “see you in the spring!” I chuckled to myself as I said it, because in Alberta, it’s all too...

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New Year’s Irresolutions

Each year about 45% of us will make a New Year’s Resolution. By the end of January, about one in three will ditch their resolution, and less than 8% of...

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The Gift of Waiting

For children in Chestermere, the wait is nearly over. For too many days now, those tempting gifts under the tree have been whispering, and at times shouting...

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Neighbourhood ‘Re-Santa-fication’

Gift-giving has always been a big part of Christmas. Yet in our age of consumerism more and more people are foregoing gift-giving, or at least limiting their...

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Why Peruvian Christmas Came to an End

If you want to know how rich a person is, take a measure of how many things they have that money cannot buy. Friends, good neighbours, family, abiding love...

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Catching our Breath

Anguish has been poignantly felt this week around the world. Paris. Beirut. Egypt. Syria. I can only imagine the depth of sorrow people close to the pain must...


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