Oslo International Church

In this world you will have trouble. But that's hardly news...
So what difference does it make when this comes from the mouth of Jesus speaking to his followers? If in this world we will have troubles, what might it look like to go trough it as a community of faith? 
This week Maicon Steuernagel listens in on Psalm 126, and reflects on the invitation to live through a life invariably marked by trouble, with hope and songs in our lips and limbs.
Welcome to Summer in the Psalms!

Can we sing a way we may live by?
This week guest preacher Pr. Valdir Steuernagel tells stories and listens to the invitation of Psalm 146. An invitation to a way of living and a way of hoping: the Lord reigns forever!
Welcome to Summer in the Psalms

Songs of indignation, frustration and protest. They make us uncomfortable. They disrupt the status quo and break the flow. What place might they have in our communities of faith?
This week Maicon Steuernagel goes to Psalm 10, and asks how we might sing and how we might listen.
Welcome to Summer in the Psalms!

Where do you go to meet with God? Where does God meet with you?
As the psalmist sings of the world as a place of encounter with God, Maicon Steuernagel asks what such a spirituality of encounter might look like for us today.
Welcome to Psalm 24 and to Summer in the Psalms!

Can we sing songs of joy in the face of sorrows?
This week, Maicon Steuernagel ponders the need for prophetic joy and joining the song of the Moving Spirit.
Welcome to Psalm 96 and to Summer in the Psalms!

Is there room for rest in a collapsing world?
In the midst of the summer holidays, Maicon Steuernagel takes a look at Psalm 46's invitation to stillness, and what that might look in the middle of the chaos of living.
Welcome to Psalm 46 and to Summer in the Psalms!

What comes first, fear or forgiveness?
Maicon Steuernagel explores the spiritual traditions of Psalm 130 and of the Lord's Prayer and invites us to engage with a wider and deeper perspective on sin, and redemption.
Welcome to Psalm 130 and to Summer in the Psalms!

From oral tradition to scrolling... finding a grounding mantra in a speeding world. 
This week, Maicon Steuernagel talks about adjusting the rhythm and an invitation to tune all things, including faith and hope, to the key of Christ's love. 
Welcome to Psalm 136 and to Summer in the Psalms!