(un)Done Podcast

Easter is, perhaps, the most important holiday in the Christian faith; however, in this episode, host Amanda Oster shares a personal story about her Muslim friends that serves as the basis for her Holy Week reflections. Maybe people of other faiths have something to teach us about our own.

In this episode, host Amanda Oster introduces the topic of liminality as it applies to spirituality. She defines and describes the term and seeks to explain how this concept of liminality might be helpful in understanding the ambiguous, nondescript period many Dones find themselves in once they leave church. In her introduction, Amanda briefly addresses why she still considers herself to be "Christian." This is the first episode in the Liminality series.

In this episode, host Amanda Oster sets out to define and describe the term "deconstruction." She delves into the philosophical beginnings of term and how it is applied to the Christian experience and follows with brief foray into what deconstruction is NOT, as it has been commonly misunderstood and misused. She concludes with an analogy--cleaning the closet--in an effort to highlight the differences between spiritual deconstruction and simply changing one's mind.

In this bonus episode, host Amanda Oster shares about her background, education, and experiences, allowing the audience a little window into her life and help explain why she is uniquely qualified to talk about the topics to be discussed on the podcast.

On this episode, host Amanda Oster explains the impetus for the podcast, the context for the show's title, and describes the four veins of content that will comprise the discussions and conversations of the future: theology and philosophy, church history, sociology and culture, and spirituality.