Mark Van Steenwyk
In 2003, Mark co-founded Missio Dei (a Christian intentional community in Minneapolis), where he still resides. Missio Dei is affiliated with the Mennonite Church USA and is committed to hospitality, simplicity, prayer, peacemaking, and resistance.
Mark is the general editor of JesusRadicals.com (a webzine exploring the intersection of Chrsitianity and anarchism with over 100,000 monthly visits). He is also the producer and co-host of the Iconocast (podcast), having interviewed James Cone, Waziyatawin, Cornell West, Stanley Hauerwas, Starhawk, John Dear, Rita Nakashima Brock, and more. He is also developing a video web series called the Revolutionary Table.
Mark has contributed to several books (such as the Missio Dei Breviary, Viral Hope, Banned Questions about Jesus, Forming Christian Habits in Post-Christendom, and Widening the Circle) and has been quoted widely. He is currently working on several writing projects, including the book Repenting of Christianity.
Mark has led retreats, facilitated workshops, presented at conferences, and taught several seminary courses. He is currently working on an alternative theological educational project (the Rootworks). With the support of the Central Plains Mennonite Conference, Mark has nurtured and networked with groups around North America that are exploring the radical implications of Jesus' life and teaching.
If you would like to invite Mark to visit your community or speak at your event, please email him at markvans [at] gmail.com or via the "contact" link below.
on Facebook- on Twitter
- Contact
-
Status
- It looks like the dates for Jesus Radicals (which will be in Charlotte, North Carolina) will be August 10-11.
- Right now, Joanna Shenk and Nekeisha Alexis-Baker are interviewing anarchist panther Ashanti Alston.
- Christ is is'n! (Orrin S. Pratt)
- Just got a call from a woman in her 70s who is going to be evicted and has no where to go. We're full up. If anyone in Minneapolis/St. Paul has any leads to somewhere comfortable and secure that she can stay until a long term solution can be found, please contact me asap.
- "The Holy Scriptures I consider above every human treasure, but not so high as the Word of God which is living, powerful, and eternal, for it is God Himself, Spirit and no letter, written without pen or paper so that it can never be destroyed. For that reason, salvation is not bound up with the Scriptures, however necessary and good they may be for their purpose, because it is impossible for the Scriptures to make good a bad heart, even though it may be a learned one. A good heart, however, with a Divine Spark in it is improved by everything, and to such the Scriptures will bring blessedness and goodness." Hans Denck
- I've been sick in bed almost all day. And it looks Jonas might be sick. Growing up, my mother would give me 7up when I was sick. These days, I find that my go-to sickness snack is gummies and herbal tea. What do you eat or drink when you're sick?
- Whoa! I just learned that Martin Scorsese will be adapting Shusaku Endo's masterpiece "Silence" into a film. I'm excited...it is one of my favorite books. The film will apparently star Daniel Day-Lewis and Benicio del Toro. Awesome.
- “Marxism criticizes and tries to change the economic structure; monasticism criticizes and tries to change people’s consciousness. While Marxism is concerned with externals, monastic criticism is concerned with the inner attitude." Thomas Merton
- I'm realizing (largely due to the insistence of a friend) that I am an Enneagram 4 with a 3 wing, not an Enneagram 3 with a 4 wing. I wonder what my Enneagram-knowledgeable friends think. Joanna? Sarah? Sue? What say you?
- Do you know why leftists only drink herbal tea? Because proper tea is theft.
-
Tweets
- @Becky_Garrison Awesome, thanks!
- Web Goes On Strike: Jan 18th! All-out blackout 2 stop #SOPA #PIPA. Petition @twitter and other sites to join us. http://t.co/eplkKhad
- @THEiconocast interview w. @anarchistrev is live. Listen as we discuss anarchism, ordination, trans theology and more! http://t.co/BUPsH1ES
- Hey folks, watch this video request to help me with one of Missio Dei's goals for 2012.
- Happy New Year from Missio Dei - http://t.co/diZJniVE
- @THEiconocast interview with Richard Beck is now available: http://t.co/ykp7GkLx
- @homelessrhumans Thank you! Merry Christmas to you and yours!
- Check out @UnrollMe - I just unsubscribed from all my unwanted emails at once - http://t.co/dhB0aJmg
- @helapingsten Yeah. It is. Pray for us. We're trying to open up more rooms for guests in a way that is sustainable over the long term.
- For my 36 b-day, I'm asking you to give to Missio Dei's hospitality house fund. We're trying to raise 100K in 2012: http://t.co/QkBXyrf3
- @anarchistrev Stuart Murray has a book on planting churches that I found helpful back when we were starting Missio Dei.
- My new drink: salted maple caramel latte. 1) simmer maple with dash of salt 2) make the espresso in a moka pot 3) froth milk while heating.
- @relaysignal Thanks!
- Missio Dei is mentioned as an example of one of ten church models for a new generation: http://t.co/6LvXahvk
- @TCManHomeless Do you need a place to crash for a while? We don't have a lot of space, but perhaps we can help.
- @homelessrhumans Not at all. None of us are from a Mennonite background and we home to folks from all kinds of different traditions.
- Doesn't Scripture render "Christian Anarchism" an oxymoron? Pt 3 of my primer on Christian Anarchism: http://t.co/mghoUayY
- Today is Give to the Max Day. Donations to Missio Dei can win us extra donations: http://t.co/679wAAzU
- http://t.co/VOQJAXYS We've been militarizing the police for three decades. The real conflict is just begining. #OWS
