Mark Van Steenwyk is the Executive Director of the Center for Prophetic Imagination in Minneapolis, Minnesota. In 2004, Mark and his wife Amy founded the Mennonite Worker, where they still reside. The Mennonite Worker is an urban intentional community committed to Jesus’ way of hospitality, simplicity, prayer, peacemaking, and resistance. He is the author of A Wolf at the Gate, The unKingdom of God and That Holy Anarchist, the editor of the Missio Dei Breviary, and has contributed to several books (such as Viral Hope, Banned Questions about Jesus, Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom, and Widening the Circle). He’s been published at Sojourners, Geez Magazine, JesusRadicals.com, Leadership Magazine, the Mennonite, and Mennonite World Review. His work has been featured in the Minneapolis Star Tribute, the Boston Globe, and on CNN.com. As the former co-producer of the Iconocast, Mark interviewed Cornel West, James Cone, Bill Ayers, Starhawk, Wazayatawin and many others. These days, he’s usually on the other side of the virtual microphone.
Mark Van Steenwyk has been a guest on 2 episodes.
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047: A Wolf At The Gate with Mark Van Steenwyk Part 2
December 21st, 2020 | 35 mins
In this episode I talk to Mark Van Steenwyk about his subversive children’s literature, how to talk to kids about hard things, squirrels preaching about capitalism, and how Saint Nicholas would beat Santa Claus in a fight. This is part 2 of our conversation. If you haven't listened to part 1 make sure to go back and listen to Episode 46 or don't... It's your life.
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046: A Wolf At The Gate with Mark Van Steenwyk Part 1
December 14th, 2020 | 35 mins 1 sec
In this episode I talk to Mark Van Steenwyk about his subversive children’s literature, how to talk to kids about hard things, squirrels preaching about capitalism, and how Saint Nicholas would beat Santa Claus in a fight. This is a two part episode so stay tuned next week for part 2.