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    • Let Joy Be Your Compass

      By on June 11, 2018

      I fight the good fight every day with my email inbox. It is full, and fills up, with advertisements, resources, letters, ideas, opportunities, sadness, and...

    • The Optimists

      By on June 5, 2018

      If you want to care for your community, you need to be an optimist. Optimism is more than just naive positivity, however. It is activated...

    • Listening to Your Community

      By on May 28, 2018

      Some neighbours become friends for years, others we greet politely as we pass. No matter how we connect with those who live in our neighbourhood,...

    • Block Party Season

      By on May 22, 2018

      Block parties are a wonderful way to connect with your neighbours this summer. Each year we host a gathering on the street in front of...

    • Weeds, Robots, and Flame Throwers

      By on May 14, 2018

      Our garden is coming up and so are the weeds. Among the tulips and irises you’ll find the excited growth of other unwanted plants. Green...

    • Wabi Sabi

      By on May 1, 2018

      Nothing has taught me as much about life, faith, and relationships as being a parent has. Each morning I am awoken by the chatter of...

    • Dirt Pills

      By on April 23, 2018

      Have you had your daily dose of dirt? Researchers in Australia have been experimenting with dirt, or at least the bacteria found in good soil,...

    • Welcome Home

      By on April 16, 2018

      Your neighbourhood is more than a collection of structures and parked cars, it is a place where we are building a life, pursuing dreams, finding...

    • Drinking Coffee (and Loving Your Community) Like the Swedes

      By on April 9, 2018

      Lake Ridge Community Church in Chestermere, where I serve as one of the pastors, comes out of a rich and generous Swedish tradition. While you...

    • Spending Time

      By on April 2, 2018

      Enjoying your neighbourhood, friends, and family requires that ever so rare and limited commodity: time. Like the sand in an hour glass, the changing digital...