Neighbourhood life in a highrise.

This documentary, Highrise: Out My Window is entirely web-based, featuring stories from families from all over the world.

I love the idea of looking out our windows and noticing what we see. Since Lent has started we as a family are cultivating a greater sense of spiritual attentiveness, wanting to notice more of God all around us.

We began our Lenten season with 15 of our neighbours as we celebrated Shrove (pancake) Tuesday last night. Afterward Anola & I had to quickly run to a local high school for the open house for our son who will be Grade 10 in the fall. Two of our neighbours offered to do all our dishes & put the food away so we could get to the school on time. Wonderful.

Jesus affirmed the traditional Jewish sense of neighbour and to look out our window and truly see the neighbours that Jesus sees is a special blessing.