Oslo International Church

“Lord, we don’t know where you are going, so how can we know the way?” Blessed Thomas shamelessly speaks his heart and interrupts our epiphany with the blessing of his awkward question. We need his question, lest we carry on thinking we know the answer. Do we know the answer? In the middle of our Cycles of Epiphany, Maicon Steuernagel explores questions and answers given in the intimacy of Jesus'...

Of all the miracles the gospel writers tell of when they present us Jesus, John chooses to start with a remarkably unusual one and call it a sign. A sign for what? And why start here, with this apparently unecessary and unconsequential story?  The Cycles of Epyphany continue, as Maicon Steuernagel speaks of the need to believe in grace with our whole selves. Welcome to holding on. Welcome to follo...

An altar piece that is a window looking into a local valley. A painting of Jesus raising from the waters of baptism surrounded by local woods. As we start a new series focusing on Christ's revelation as God – the church season of Epiphany – we are met by a question, "What are you seeking for?", and then an answer that changes everything. Welcome to questions. Welcome to following. Welcome to OiC!

Closing the Christmas season in many christian traditions around the world, the Feast ofthe Epiphany looks at the story of the magi coming from the east to find the child that was born. This Sunday our guest preacher Knut Hallen, who is a missionary to Thailand with NMS, shares on different missional perspectives on the story. Welcome to Oslo International Church!

Though most of us nowadays associate Christmas with a single day, traditionally it extends for a couple of weeks in the church's calendar, bringing us all the way into the new year. Which begs the question: how does God's revelation in the Christ Child go beyond the crib or manger and into this life that seems to go roling on apparently oblivious to it? For this new year's reflection, Maicon Steue...

Sometimes it rains on the very day of the picnic. Remember your frustration as a kid? Sometimes, what breaks the expectation is much more than rain, and harder to take in. This season of expectation, we join Joseph and his broken advent. Welcome to the Cycles of Advent!  Welcome to OiC!

"Are you the one... or should we expect someone else?" In this season where the coming of Jesus get's prime time not only in churches, but in songs and depictions and decorations all over the place, we join John the Babtist in finding room for doubt in our faiths. Welcome to doubt! Welcome to the Cycles of Advent!  Welcome to OiC!

The second candle of advent is lit. Yet how far have we come?  Thousands of years have passed. Yet how far have we come? This week, Maicon Steuernagel explores the long waiting and hoping of those whom Christ walks alongside, and invites into the prophetic imagination of prayer. Welcome to the Cycles of Advent!  Welcome to OiC!

“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.” Einstein, supposedly, said that. And we're sure he had his reasons. Yet as we start a new series, Maicon Steuernagel invites us to join Mary and Elizabeth in exploring things that are worth doing over and over again. Welcome to the Cycles of Advent!  Welcome to OiC!

Life isn’t easy. But you probably knew that already.  So how do we deal with that as a community of faith? What are we called for? To bear each other’s burdens or to carry our own loads? As we come to the end of Paul's letter ot the Galatians, he seems to affirm both. This week, Maicon Steuernagel explores that contradiction and allerts us to the temptation of not caring. Welcome to Belonging! Wel...

This Sunday we gather with Hasle Congregation for a joined bi-lingual service! Sophie Lazar, who is a priest at Hasle, shares about fear and hope, and the call to think hope in community.  In this episode you hear Sophie's reflection in norwegian. For the english version check the episode "OiC November 13th, 2022 – OiC & Hasle Joined Service – English" Welcome to OiC & Hasle Congregation! Welcome...

This Sunday we gather with Hasle Congregation for a joined bi-lingual service! Sophie Lazar, who is a priest at Hasle, shares about fear and hope, and the call to think hope in community.  In this episode you hear Sophie's reflection in the voice of Maicon Steuernagel, who translated to english. For the norwegian version check the episode "OiC November 13th, 2022 – OiC & Hasle Joined Service – Nor...

How does that work? It doesn't, but we do it anyway. This week Maicon Steuernagel talks about the impossible task of OiC and about the need for hope and prophetic attempts to insist on it. Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

Between the cracks in our systems and the cracks in ourselves, how can we live a life of both mercy and freedom? Maicon Steuernagel talks about Les Misérables, Galatians, and about Paul's one thing that counts. Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

What might it be? This week Maicon Steuernagel talks about freedom, brazilian music and the need for a poetical and comunal imagination to talk about and live out freedom in Christ Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

On our sixth Sunday with Paul’s letter to the Galatians, Maicon Steuernagel continues exploring the Jesus-Abraham connection, and how it invites us to explore the unfolding of God’s promise and the meaning of unity in the context of our local community. Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!  

This week we hear from Lemma Desta, as he moves into the third chapter of Galatians and some of St. Paul's most famous arguments.   Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

Classrooms, churches and meals... This week Maicon Steuernagel interweaves stories, from a classroom in Brazil, a rooftop in Israel and a dining room in Antioch, and speaks on listening to fear... and listening to the Spirit. Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

How long does it take to belong? Maicon Steuernagel takes a look at the Paul writting the letter to the Galatians, and asks questions about his process of belonging and becoming. How did his experience shape his theology and his faith, and what sort of invitation does that experience extend to us? Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

"Please wait to be seated." You have most likely seen that at the door of a restaurant, yet that is not the only place we might be kept outside. This week Maicon Steuernagel looks further into Paul's letter to the Galatians, and reflects on the dynamics at the doors of our communities of faith. Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

What's in a greeting? This week Maicon Steuernagel greets us with our new "Belonging" series, and speaks about the art of greeting in Paul's letter to the Galatians... and how he's calling us to a way of belonging to the community of faith in Christ. Welcome to Belonging! Welcome to Oslo International Church!

OiC is an impossible community. And yet... This week guest preachers Valdir & Sileda Steuernagel share from 1 Peter and from their lives experience, and speak of the forming of this impossible community through Christ shaped hospitality.  Welcome to 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 tro...

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!