As this pandemic season lingers, some of us are hoping for our favourite store or restaurant to reopen. We want to return to normal. Around our home, my young...
Tag - Faith
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Victory Gardens
In World War 1 and 2 Canadians planted Victory Gardens. These mostly urban gardens were part of a creative response to encourage local people to turn ordinary...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Generosity is the Heartbeat of Community
Let’s pause a moment that celebrate Manitoba, they deserve it. Recent studies show that among Canadian provinces, Manitoba is the most generous on a number of...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
The Long Wait
Our history has two threads that run through it; the threads of patience and impatience. Threads that mark our response to waiting. We all remember when...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Temper
One of my neighbours is a farrier, he puts shoes on horses. He has taught me a lot about growing as a person and neighbour. One day, while over at his place...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Old Seeds, New Hope
We have a little cardboard box of seeds we pull down from our cupboard every year around this time. While the snow still covers the garden, we fold open the...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
I Love You, But…
One of the most enjoyable parts of my vocation as a pastor is to officiate weddings. There is something so tender and beautiful about two people coming...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
What to do with nice things
A few years ago I was given a very pricey bottle of scotch. It was an unexpected surprise that threw me off a bit. So I called the friend who gave it to me to...
Columnists - Preston Pouteaux
Trying On New Words
Talking to others is a kind of dance towards deeper trust and respect. How we talk requires a lot of attention and care that our mind calculates, on the fly...
Columnists - Nick Jeffrey
Big Leagues For Banded Peak
Faithful readers may recall that Calgary-based Wild Rose Brewery was acquired by megabrewer Sleeman Brewing last summer, and that I had made a prediction that...
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