Some Highlights from 2015

This year has been a good one for me. I’ve made some amazing new friends, moved to a place that I love, and collaborated with some hugely talented people. In addition to this, 2015 signaled some significant developments with regards to the academic reception of my work. Not only did a significant new book get released dealing extensively with my work from a philosophical and theological perspective, but a sociological text from 2014 that delved into my work received the Distinguished Book Award from the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion. Perhaps the most important thing that’s happened in this regard however is that a group of incredibly talented young academics and activists have been engaging seriously and critically with my work. If this continues I’m confident that it will develop, deepen and be taken in innovate new directions.

For much of the year I found myself so caught up in other things that I did very little writing. But that has started to change and I’m currently working on a new book, a film script with the working title of “Making Love,” and a long piece for an academic journal that is releasing a volume dedicated to my work.

Of course, this is a highly edited reflection on the last 12 months of my life. A little propaganda piece that doesn’t touch on the inevitable fact that there have been some difficult elements along the way. But it has felt like a time of new beginnings and forward momentum.

I’m cautious enough to avoid predicting what 2016 holds, but I hope to release a couple of books (a more popular work and my fairytales), start shooting the movie and get some collaborative events off the ground. And, of course, there’s my Wake festival, a highlight of previous years. This year is especially significant for me as so many of my close friends are going to be there.

Here are a few of my favorite interviews from the past 12 months,

You Make it Weird podcast with Pete Holmes

The Liturgist podcast with Micheal Gungor and Science Mike

This is Radiocast podcast with Jay Bakker

Freestyle Christianity with Josef Gustafsson

A little video from last years Wake Festival,

A very short overview of my 2015 book The Divine Magician