Oslo International Church

What's the deal with Phillip?
We know very little about him. Yet he's also all over the place. Maicon Steuernagel explores how Phillip can encourage us towards a way of being, wherever we are, that is generous and full of grace.
Welcome to the stories that challenge us. Welcome to OiC!

Titles are tricky.
They can open the reader up for what is coming, or restrain and even mislead the reading. On this year's Sunday of the Trinity, Maicon Steuernagel talks about how headings in our Bible translations can sometimes be unhelpful, and what that has to do with how we speak about God.
Welcome to the community of the divine. Welcome to OiC!

Can we own a story?
Who owns the story of the Gospel? Who get's to tell it? On Pentecost Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on our tendencies to control the story, and invites us to let go of controling the story of Jesus, and each other.
Welcome to the story. Welcome to OiC!

"We’re a little micro-cosmos of Babel. A little mess of our own."
This week, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on his odd choice of metaphor for his own families experience as a multi-cultural, multi-lingual family, and offer a different perspective on the very odd story of the tower of Babel.
Welcome to our own little mess. Welcome to the re-imagining diversity in a landscape of reconciliation. Welcome to OiC!

What is the nature of perfection and justice we aspire for?
Maicon Steuernagel shares about why he sees prayer as a holy practice of spekticism, and why revisiting prayer's power to change our selves might not be a bad idea after all.
Welcome to prayer not following our rules. Welcome to OiC!

What is the Kingdom of God like?
We might want a clear, hard answer. Jesus gives us parables. Listening to the parables, and to the story of a prophet and a widow, Maicon Steuernagel finds the counter-narratives that upset the theo-politics of our world.
Welcome to the counter-narrative. Welcome to OiC!

We like to think we know stuff. We don’t as often spend time with wondering what that knowing is for.
On this Sunday reflection, Maicon Steuernagel speaks of prophetic letters and challenges of today, and questions what is essential to know and what is most dangerous to forget. 
Welcome to letting go. Letting to not forgetting. Welcome to OiC!

"And God wonders... When we’ll stop this nonsense"
This week, Maicon Steuernagel speaks of theology and poetry, kingdoms and kings, and why we might need to learn to hope for failure, if we are to have any real hope.
Welcome to death and ressurrection. Welcome to needed failure. Welcome to OiC!