Under Their Own Oak Tree
“I’d hafta be some kinda fool not to at least talk to these people.” Picture a dozen plus tired travellers sitting at round tables in a 1950’s tropical church fellowship […]
A note of love for our ORIGINAL Act Five cohort
March 13 marks the 2-year anniversary of the unexpected and terrible end to Act Five’s first year. Covid was rampaging the world and leaders, governments, and organizations needed to act […]
Fat Bikes and Food Lines
When it comes to work, Gordon T. Smith argues that to participate in God’s work equals deep joy. Act Five doesn’t exist to fill students with joy, as though they […]
Familiarity Breeds
We have all heard the idiom before. “Familiarity breeds contempt.” This proverb, attributed to Aesop’s fable The Fox and the Lion, while possibly true for wild animals, has not proven to be […]
Rerouting…rerouting…rerouting
We’re now into our third week of Term 2 here at Act Five, and things have gone…well…not as we expected! This month has taken our community for a wild ride. […]
Faithful Presence: The Act Five Story
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? Mary Oliver’s poem, Summer Day, lingers in the Blake St home each year, practicing […]
New Places, New Faces
Oh, the places we’ve been! Act Five is not even three years old, and already we have established so many poignant traditions. Each December, our staff and students pack up […]
A window into Act Five, Year 3
Perhaps I will say this every year of Act Five, but this is a unique year for us. 11 students – 9 women and 2 men – making a leap […]
Temagami Reflections: Lou Lou
“Lean in” is what I was told to do during morning thought the day before we entered the wilderness. Matt Gray was telling us that we should lean into this […]
A Tech-Free September: Weaning off our Digital Pacifiers – A Reflection by Allie Buist
After moving into a house in downtown Hamilton with sixteen other people, going on a ten-day canoe trip, and starting a week of “Hamontensive”, I think it would be fair […]
