This week I sat in a backyard socially distanced circle by the lake with a dozen of my favourite people. Lake Ridge Community Church, like all organizations in...
Tag - Faith
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Great Disconnect
On June 9th, as part of the City of Chestermere’s Senior’s Week, the city screened “The Great Disconnect.” This film, by Tamer Soliman, takes viewers on a...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Peace and All Good
We have set out bird feeders this summer in the branches of our growing front yard trees. As I write this a little song bird is about five feet away singing a...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Neighbourhood Scouts
There’s a Bible story that I loved in Sunday School. It goes like this: when Moses was wandering in the desert after they left Egypt, he sent a dozen scouts...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Misbehaving Neighbours: A Round Up of Odd Canadian Stories
The Covid-19 pandemic has challenged neighbours in ways we did not expect. Neighbours have come to rely on each other for friendship in times of isolation, we...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The 1000 Year Neighbourhood
I hiked up a dusty path leading to the ancient city of Jericho and stepped to the edge of a famous archeological wonder: Kathleen Kenyon’s trench. It is like a...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Your Great Joy and Calling
We each have something special, unique, and remarkable about us. Call it a built-in gift, capacity, or perspective that has real power to influence the world...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Neighbourhood Pollinators
Pollinators are a vital part of our city. Bees, butterflies and birds are partners and allies in making our city a thriving place for everybody. New...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Guava Thieves and a Community of Allies
My wife, Kelly, served as a medical relief worker in Haiti and Brazil, but some of her best stories came from a year she spent working with farmers in Zambia...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Here Is My House Key
I was going to the grocery store and while walking up to the grocery cart, I noticed something on my key ring. It was a key that’s been there for a long time...
