Tag - Faith

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Chickadees

I was in Saskatoon last week and met a friend who had something very special to show me. He took me to a quiet wintery park with a bag of mixed nuts and seeds...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Practice Presence

This week I had a chance to visit Englewood, a neighbourhood in transition on the south side of Chicago. Englewood has been known for its crime and poverty...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Neighbour-Blindness

I’ve never really liked geraniums. I think because my grandmother had them on her front porch which was a kind of dark and damp place where daddy-long-legged...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

A City of Makers

What do you make? This is a question that our community, Lake Ridge Community Church, is discussing together we start the New Year. It’s a question that can...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Moving

The moving truck in front of our home in Saskatoon was full to the brim. In there, somewhere, was my bed, my clothes, and my little collection of precious Hot...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

The Art of the Question

I visited my neighbour at her work recently and I was inspired. She serves as a community builder by helping those who are at risk of homelessness. She’s super...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Neighbourhood Newsletters

Over the years in our neighbourhood we have been slowly collecting and building a directory for our neighbours. At our annual August block party we invite...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Still: The Good News of Christmas

Christmas is over and I hope it was merry for you in more than a few good ways. Perhaps by now you have rolled away from a table or two, full from heaping...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Still: Your Life Has Meaning

A friend of mine sat across from me over lunch and said the most wonderful things to me. I don’t remember what prompted him, but his words were a gift. He...

Columnists - Preston Pouteaux

Still: The Life That Comes At Us

The invitation to be still is ancient. Words from our distant past hint at the perennial stress of busy-ness and noise on the human soul. For as long as we can...


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