Mark Van Steenwyk is the Executive Director of the Center for Prophetic Imagination and the founder, along with his wife Amy, of the Mennonite Worker in Minneapolis. For nearly 15 years, Mark has sowed seeds of subversive spirituality throughout North America. Mark is the author of The unKingdom of God: Embracing the Subversive Power of Repentance, That Holy Anarchist: Reflections on Christianity and Anarchism, and A Wolf at the Gate.
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What ‘The Prophetic Imagination’ Has Meant to Me
Five Christian leaders on the influence of Walter Brueggemann’s classic book in their life and ministry.
Take the Politics of Disruption to Church
Layton Williams holds sign outside the Capitol the morning of the Women's March on Washington on Jan. 21. Photo by JP Keenan / Sojourners
Only weeks into Donald Trump’s presidency, progressives are seeing their worst fears coming to life: The administration is fast tracking the Dakota Access Pipeline, cracking down on immigration enforcement, shifting to a war footing, and seems poised to gut important social programs, most notably the Affordable Care Act. These are grim days for the American experiment.
Proclaiming Jubilee in the Midst of Foreclosures
My 1.5 year old son Jonas broke his first law last month.