Liminal Living

By Dr. Thomas J Rundel

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Welcome to the Liminal Living Podcast, where we dive deep into the realm of liminal spaces—those transitional phases where uncertainty is our companion. I'm your host and curator of conversations, Dr. Tom Rundel, and it's my pleasure to serve as your guide through these uncharted territories. With a doctoral background in spirituality and leadership from Portland Seminary, my research has centered on the spirituality found in the narratives of liminality in the Bible, but I have expanded my research to include other faith traditions and cognitive science. Since our launch in 2023, we've been dedicated to exploring the nuances of dark nights and deconstructions, but our journey expanded to include insights from a diverse array of modern-day thinkers and artists. Through a blend of stories, practices, and perspectives, we provide valuable guidance for fellow travelers navigating their own liminal spaces. So, join us as we embark on this journey and embrace the uncertainty in order to uncover the hidden wisdom that lies within the liminal spaces of life.

Episode Date
148: Tom Rundel: Joy is Not a Mood
Dec 10, 2025
147: Tom Rundel: Toxic Positivity Vs Hope
Dec 03, 2025
146: Tom Rundel: God is Not an Idea
Nov 26, 2025
145: Bruce Epperly: Process, Peace, and the Planet. Healing the World
Nov 19, 2025
144: Kathy Khang: You Made it Weird, When Faith Divorces from Life
Nov 12, 2025
143: Chad Bahl: Beyond the Pitchfork: A Process Relational View of Demonic Evil
Nov 05, 2025
142: Thomas Jay Oord: Why Prayer "Doesn't Work." Re-enchanting the World
Oct 29, 2025
141: Andrew M Davis: Cosmological Humility, Living Between Science and Spirit
Oct 22, 2025
140: Anthony Smith: This Ain't Revival
Oct 15, 2025
139: Matt Tebbe: Reimagining God Beyond Empire Economics Pt 2 of 2
Oct 08, 2025
138: Matt Tebbe: Reimagining God Beyond Empire Economics: Pt 1
Oct 01, 2025
137: Tori Owens & Jonathan Foster: Rooting God in the Human Experience
Sep 24, 2025
136: Matt Alexander: Reimagining God After Burnout
Sep 17, 2025
135: Josh Patterson: From Deconstruction to Re-Enchantment
Sep 10, 2025
134a: Let Love Rule: Song Only
Sep 04, 2025
134: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 10
Sep 03, 2025
133a: Subterranean Homesick Alien: Song Only
Aug 28, 2025
133: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 9
Aug 27, 2025
132a: What Are We Afraid Of: Song Only
Aug 21, 2025
132: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 8
Aug 20, 2025
131a: Running to Stand Still: Song Only
Aug 14, 2025
131: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 7
Aug 13, 2025
130: Brian McLaren: Reimagining God for the Modern World
Aug 06, 2025
129a: Freedom: Song Only
Jul 31, 2025
129: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 6
Jul 30, 2025
128a: How Come: Song Only
Jul 24, 2025
128: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 5
Jul 23, 2025
127: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 4
Jul 16, 2025
127a: One Seven Six Song Only
Jul 15, 2025
126: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 3
Jul 09, 2025
126a: For What It's Worth: Song Only
Jul 08, 2025
125: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 2
Jul 02, 2025
125a: Fly Like an Eagle: Song Only
Jul 01, 2025
124: Summer Songs of Resistance Pt 1
Jun 25, 2025
124a: Fault and Responsibility: Song Only
Jun 24, 2025
123: Keith Giles: Erasing Mary from the Text
Jun 18, 2025
122: Cynthia Beach: Disillusionment with Christian Leaders
Jun 11, 2025
121: Catherine Cowell: Finding God's Feminine Side
Jun 04, 2025
120: Lauren Cibene: Navigating Faith, Trauma, and Healing in India
May 28, 2025
119: Michael Gungor: Holy Integration: Music, the Sacred, and the Self
May 21, 2025
118: Andy Root: Evangelism in an Age of Despair
May 14, 2025
117: Nolan Rundel: The Art of Meaning: Blending Love, Logic, and Liminal Spaces
May 07, 2025
116: Keith Giles: Reading Romans Right, an Unfundamentalist View
Apr 30, 2025
115: Kevin Sweeney: A Cosmic Christ Meets a Concrete Jesus
Apr 23, 2025
114: Bruce Epperly: Progressive Christianity Can Save Us
Apr 16, 2025
113: Dillon Naber Cruz: Untangling Faith, Fundamentalism, and Nationalism
Apr 09, 2025
112: Amanda Tyler: How to End Christian Nationalism
Apr 02, 2025
111: Aaron Niequist: Faith, Liturgy, and Navigating Disillusionment
Mar 26, 2025
110: Preston Sharpe: Liturgical Rhythms, Resurrection Hope
Mar 19, 2025
109: Chad Bahl: God is Not Supernatural?
Mar 12, 2025
108: Jacci Turner: How to Survive this Presidency
Mar 05, 2025
107: Danny Bryant: Healing After I Escaped a Cult
Feb 26, 2025
106: Trey Ferguson: Bad Theology is Killing Us
Feb 19, 2025
105: Brandon Andress: Navigating the Circumference of Belonging
Feb 12, 2025
104: David Hayward: Pursuing Spiritual Autonomy, with the Naked Pastor
Feb 05, 2025
103: Dr. Andrew Bauman: Safe Church, How to Guard Against Sexism in the Church
Jan 29, 2025
102: Taylor Thomas: Getting Existential; Tillich, Merton, and Horror Films
Jan 22, 2025
101: Liz Charlotte Grant: Let the Scriptures Breathe
Jan 15, 2025
100: Andrew M Davis: Philosophy, Theology, and the Universe
Jan 08, 2025
99: Jeremy Steele: The Skeptic Pastor, Balancing Faith and Doubt
Jan 01, 2025
98: Peter Rollins: Is God Dead? A Peek Into Radical Theology
Dec 25, 2024
97: Jon Turney: This is Not Church
Dec 18, 2024
96: Blair Coyle: Escaping Evangelical Indoctrination
Dec 11, 2024
95: Leslie Nease: Free From Toxic Theology
Dec 04, 2024
94: Scot McKnight: Doing Better Political Discipleship
Nov 27, 2024
93: Mattie Jo Cowsert: Unraveling Evangelical Identity
Nov 20, 2024
92: Cassidy Hall: Queering Contemplation
Nov 13, 2024
91: Rob Bell on the Meaning of Everything
Nov 04, 2024
90: Bradley Jersak: Nonviolent Atonement
Oct 30, 2024
89: Danny Cox: Making Inclusive Faith Spaces
Oct 23, 2024
88: Tommy Preson Phillips: Leaving the Church and Looking for Christ
Oct 16, 2024
87: Tom Rundel: Unfundamentalist Bible Studies: Reinterpreting James 5
Oct 11, 2024
86: Matt Tebbe: Politics as Christian Practice
Oct 09, 2024
85: Tom Rundel: Unfudamentalist Bible Studies: Reinterpreting James 4
Oct 04, 2024
84: Bruce Epperly: Homegrown American Mystics
Oct 02, 2024
83: Tom Rundel: Unfundamentalist Bible Studies: Reinterpreting James 3
Sep 27, 2024
82: Caleb Campbell: Loving Your Christian Nationalist Neighbors
Sep 25, 2024
81: Tom Rundel: Unfundamentalist Bible Studies: Reinterpreting James 2
Sep 20, 2024
80: David Gushee: Defending Democracy From its Christian Enemies
Sep 18, 2024
79: Tom Rundel: Unfundamentalist Bible Studies: Reinterpreting James 1
Sep 13, 2024
78: Chuck DeGroat: Trauma, Narcissism, Deconstruction, Dark Night of the Soul
Sep 11, 2024
77: Matt Tebbe: Money, Power, and Abuse in the Church
Sep 04, 2024
76: Randy Woodley: Indigenous Spirituality and Decolonizing Christianity
Aug 28, 2024
75: Kathy Khang: Finding a Home, Immigration and Power in the Church
Aug 21, 2024
74: Anthony Smith: Faith, Race, and Politics
Aug 14, 2024
73: Chris Green: Dead Answers vs Living Questions
Aug 07, 2024
72: Matthew J Distefano: The Wisdom of Hobbits for Today
Jul 31, 2024
71: Larry Jordan: Non Religious Spirituality
Jul 24, 2024
70: Tom Rundel: Recognize High Control Religious Language
Jul 17, 2024
69: Justin Scoggins: Inking Christ: Tattoos as Religious Art
Jul 10, 2024
68: Eric Nevins: Dark Night of the Vocational Soul
Jul 03, 2024
67: Keith Giles: Decoding the Gospel of Thomas
Jun 26, 2024
66: Steve Harper: Christian Nationalism Isn't Christian
Jun 19, 2024
65: Thomas Jay Oord: On Trial for Heresy
Jun 12, 2024
64: Peter Rollins: Is God Dead? A Peek Into Radical Theology
Jun 05, 2024
63: Grace Ji-Sun Kim: When God Became White
May 29, 2024
62: Ben Katt: The Hero's Journey to Wholeness
May 22, 2024
61: Daniel Wolpert: Looking Inward, Living Outward
May 15, 2024
60: Brian McLaren: Life After Doom
May 08, 2024
59: Zach Lambert: A Holistic Inclusive Bible Interpretation
May 01, 2024
58: Tom Rundel: Arriving at 95% Certainty is Good Enough
Apr 24, 2024
57: Chad Bahl: To Hell with Eternal Conscious Torment
Apr 17, 2024
56: Ally Henny: I Won't Shut Up
Apr 11, 2024
55: Justin Lee: Coming out as Gay in the Southern Baptist Church
Apr 03, 2024
54: Amy Fritz: Untangling Faith from the Evangelical Industrial Complex
Mar 27, 2024
53: Matthew Paul Turner: Finding Belonging after deconstruction
Mar 20, 2024
52: Trey Ferguson: Theologizin Bigger
Mar 13, 2024
51: Josh Patterson: Mysticism, Spiritual Evolution, Merton
Mar 06, 2024
50: Dr Andrew M Davis: Philosophy, Theology, and Alien Life
Feb 28, 2024
49: Dr David Fitch: Church on the Wrong side of Power
Feb 21, 2024
48: Jason and Lori Adams-Brown: Interpreting Preda-Pastors Controlling Narratives
Feb 14, 2024
47: Dr Jonathan Foster: Liminal Space of Grief After You Lose a Child
Feb 07, 2024
46: Dr Tim Carson: This is Your Brain on Liminality
Jan 31, 2024
45: Tom Rundel: Why I Left Evangelicalism
Jan 24, 2024
44: Jason Raitz: Trying to Stay in Church, Post-pastorate
Jan 17, 2024
43: Dr Emily Smith: Your Friendly Neighborhood Epidemiologist
Jan 10, 2024
42: Alana Levandoski: The Longing is Home
Jan 03, 2024
41: SEASON 2 FINALE!!
Dec 27, 2023
40: Dr Chris Green: Dead Answers vs Living Questions
Dec 20, 2023
39: Kenneth Tanner: God Becomes Human in Christ... for real.
Dec 13, 2023
38: Dr Thomas Jay Oord: God is not Omnipotent, and that's good news
Dec 06, 2023
37: Tom Rundel: Holding Conviction Confidently and Non-violently
Nov 29, 2023
36: Scot McKnight: Revelation, End Times, and Christian Nationalism
Nov 22, 2023
35: Rob Bell: Life, Death, and a Little Bit of Everything
Nov 15, 2023
34: Keith Giles: Deconstruction is the Revival you Prayed For
Nov 08, 2023
33: Deb Gregory: Ignatian Spirituality, Disability in the Church, Living Liminally
Nov 01, 2023
32: Kate: When a Pastor/Husband is a Predator: Trauma, abuse, and Healing
Oct 25, 2023
31: Tom Rundel: The Bible Says... Why I don't say that anymore
Oct 17, 2023
30: Kathy Khang: Finding a Home: Hospitality, Immigration, and Power in the Church
Oct 11, 2023
29: Tom Rundel: Does God have a Gender, Karma, and more Science talk
Oct 03, 2023
28: Matt Tebbe: Money, Power, and Abuse in the Church
Sep 27, 2023
27: Rev. Dr. Randy Woodley, Indigenous Spirituality and De-Colonizing Christianity
Sep 20, 2023
26: Anthony Smith: Faith, Race, and Politics
Sep 14, 2023
25: Tom Rundel: Ask Me Anything Bible Deconstruction
Sep 06, 2023
24: Karl Forehand: From Fundie Baptist to Spiritual without Labels
Aug 30, 2023
23: Tom Rundel: Don't Spiritualize Your Problems
Aug 20, 2023
22: Dan White Jr: Burnout, Ego, Inner Journey to Healing
Aug 13, 2023
21: Tom Rundel: Hell, Judgement, and Universal Reconciliation
Aug 06, 2023
20: Lance Hough: The Abuse of Commodifying Creativity in Church
Jul 30, 2023
19: Caleb Jacobson: A Journey to Agnosticism
Jul 23, 2023
18: Tom Rundel: Mental Health and Meditation Edition
Jul 16, 2023
17: Tom Rundel: Ask Me Anything: Spiritual Practice Edition
Jul 09, 2023
16: Tom Rundel: Ask Me Anything Pt 1: Suffering Edition
Jul 02, 2023
15: Kevin Sweeney: The Joy of Letting Go
Jun 25, 2023
14: Rohadi Nagassar: Race and Deconstructing Whiteness
Jun 18, 2023
13: Dr Dave Beach: Deconstructing from Suffering
Jun 11, 2023
12: Jacci Turner: Deconstruction as an Essential Stage of Faith Formation
Jun 04, 2023
11: Zack Hunt: Deconstructing the Bible
May 28, 2023
10: Tom Rundel: Deconstructing "Eternal Life"
May 21, 2023
9: Aaron McConnell: Deconstructing From Fundamentalism
May 14, 2023
8: Dr David Rice: Grief, Trauma, Transition in Ministry
May 07, 2023
7: Jeremie Wilson: Exiting the Faith
Apr 29, 2023
6: Dr. Paul Jones: Deconstruction Post Pastoring
Apr 23, 2023
5: Jayson Simonson: Deconstruction and Poverty
Apr 16, 2023
4: Tom Rundel: Advent Part 2: A Picture Of Hope
Dec 22, 2015
3: Tom Rundel: Advent Part 1: Hope A Theology Of Color
Dec 07, 2015
2: Tom Rundel: What is a Theologian: Part 2
Nov 18, 2015
1: Tom Rundel: What is a Theologian: Part 1
Nov 09, 2015
Chronos Kairos, A Theology of Time 2
Nov 03, 2015
Chronos Kairos, A Theology of Time 1
Oct 26, 2015
Shalom and Salvation 4
Oct 20, 2015
Shalom and Salvation 3
Oct 12, 2015
Shalom and Salvation 2
Oct 06, 2015
Shalom and Salvation
Sep 28, 2015