The late Walter Brueggemann, one of the most widely respected Old Testament Scholars of the past century, wrote the following: 

“It is the vocation of the prophet to keep alive the ministry of imagination, to keep on conjuring and proposing future alternatives to the single one the king wants to urge as the only thinkable one.”

This winter – from February 18th to March 25th, 2026 – Act Five is excited to welcome six incredible speakers to explore the world of the Christian Imagination, from the roots of Christian thought to the deformations, permutations and poetic graces springing up in our communities and across the globe. 

This year’s series is titled Unreliable Instincts: The Case for a Robust Christian Imagination, and here is this year’s lineup of speakers:

February 18 – Brad Melle
February 25 – Marty Solomon
March 4 – Angela Reitsma Bick
March 11 – Kirstin Jeffery Johnson
March 18 – Brian Dijkema
March 25 – Joash Thomas