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2023-09-17OiC September 17th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James I
What does doubt smell like? What is the texture of doubt? What is the sound of doubt?
As we start off our series on the Letter of James, Maicon Steuernagel argues with James about the place and the shape of doubt.
Welcome to conversations that lead us to unexpected places. Welcome to the table.
Welcome to OiC!
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Sep 14, 2023
OiC September 10th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – Ruth, James & Jane
Ruth, James and Jane walk into a pub...
It sounds like the start of a joke, but it's actually our set up for the semester ahead. The letter of James and the book of Ruth will be our companions around the table, and so will Jane. Who is Jane? Tune in to hear more.
Welcome Jane. Welcome to you, me and someone else.
Welcome to the table at OiC!
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May 3, 2023
OiC April 30th, 2023 – The Land of the Living – IV
About Mary Magdalene, hobbits and stories that hold power.
This week Maicon Steuernagel reflects on the power of resurrection and of being seen, and of implications for those who choose to witness and believe in the power of life.
Welcome to the dismissed voices. Welcome to OiC in the Land of the Living!
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Apr 25, 2023
OiC April 23rd, 2023 – The Land of the Living – III
The problem with resurrection, is that it is so hard to believe in it...
Yet despite the overwhelming evidence of death, the christian community of faith has insisted not only in believing, but in practices of resurrection! This week Maicon Steuernagel invites us into the practice of vulnerability, starting with one of the main leaders of the early church, the apostle Peter.
Welcome to the practice of vulnerability. Welcome to OiC in the Land of the Living!
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Apr 17, 2023
OiC April 16th, 2023 – The Land of the Living – II
The middle of the sea seems like an odd place to look for the living. But then again, where do we look for the living Christ in the land of the living?
This week, Maicon Steuernagel joins Peter and his friends as they go fishing and try to sort out this new reality in which Christ is resurrected yet seems to slip our hold. They find a miracle, but it quickly fades to the background for something more important: breakfast!
Welcome to meals with the living Christ. Welcome to OiC in the Land of the Living!
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Apr 11, 2023
OiC April 9th, 2023 – Easter Sunday – The Land of the Living – I
"Why do you look for the living among the dead?"
This Easter Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel follows the women to the tomb, where we go to honor the dead and tend to our grief. Yet as we are met by resurrection and life, we are left with the question: how do we seek a living Christ in the land of the Living?
Welcome to the Christ that lives. Welcome to OiC in the Land of the Living!
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Apr 11, 2023
OiC April 2nd, 2023 – Echoes – VI
What does the wilderness do to us?
At the end of our "Echoes" series, we emerge from the wilderness into the celebration of Palm Sunday. But what shapes our expectations as we wave palm branches and call Jesus king?
This week, Maicon Steuernagel about paying attention to how Jesus relate to power, and paying attention to ourselve in the process.
Welcome to challenging kings and welcoming Christ. Welcome to Echoes at OiC!
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Mar 29, 2023
OiC March 27th, 2023 – Echoes – V
What does it mean to birth Christ into reality?
On the day of the Feast of Annunciation, Maicon Steuernagel invites us to consider the wilderness Mary is thrust into with the conception and birth of Jesus, and reflects on fear and birthing grace into real lives.
Welcome to acknowledging fear and welcoming grace. Welcome to Echoes at OiC!
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Mar 21, 2023
OiC March 19th, 2023 – Echoes – IV
“Children want a future, not alms”
"Sounds good," he thought, staring at these words written on a sign by a traffic light in Brazil. "But I wonder if that future would somehow come back and feed their empty bellies this night".
This week Maicon Steuernagel listens to Jesus, John and a blind man healed of his own blindness but not free from the blindness of others. How do our communities of faith deal with the necessary discomfort of opening our eyes?
Welcome to the needed discomfourt. Welcome to Echoes at OiC!
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Mar 15, 2023
OiC March 12th, 2023 – Echoes – III
There is a difference between no resources being available, and resources being withheld or denied. There is a difference between being alone, and being ignored. What is the difference?
This week Maicon Steuernagel speaks of ents, dogs and asking ourselves how a God who is moved might move us.
Welcome to the invitations of grace and mercy. Welcome to Echos at OiC!
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Mar 9, 2023
OiC March 05th, 2023 – Echoes – II
"Anybody there?"
This Lent season we venture into the wide wild empty spaces where echoes live, to ask and listen. Are there other voices there but our own?
Maicon Steuernagel follows Jesus into the wilderness to ask: why is God there anyway?
Welcome to the wilderness. Welcome to Echoes at OiC!
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Feb 27, 2023
OiC February 26th, 2023 – Echoes – I
As we walk together into the season of Lent, out guest speaker Kristine Tveit shares about prayer, being moved, and a Christ who cries.
Welcome to feeling and walking. Welcome to OiC!
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Feb 20, 2023
OiC February 19th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – VI
The revelation of Bread
As the season of revelation in Epiphany gives way to the season of lent, our guest speaker Solveig Vatn Weisser explores Jesus' declaration: "I am the bread of life".
Welcome to the table. Welcome to OiC!
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Feb 13, 2023
OiC February 12th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – V
I am the light of the world. Follow me... says Jesus. The Jesus who walks down the mountain.
This week our guest speaker Lemma Desta shares about this Jesus whom the disciples witness at the mount of transfiguration, and who says that those who follow him will have the light of life.
Welcome to the Cycles of Epiphany. Welcome to OiC!
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Feb 8, 2023
OiC February 5th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – IV
A sower went out to sow his seed... what was it again?
As we explore these Cycles of Epiphany, Maicon Steuernagel looks at a well known parable and asks where Jesus might place himself in the middle of it all.
Welcome to being present. Welcome to OiC!
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Jan 31, 2023
OiC January 29th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – III
“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' last days with his disciples.
Welcome to asking. Welcome to OiC!
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Jan 24, 2023
OiC January 22nd, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – II
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 following. Welcome to OiC!
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Jan 18, 2023
OiC January 15th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – I
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!
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Jan 18, 2023
OiC January 8th, 2023 – Christmas Tide – II
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!
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Jan 18, 2023
OiC January 1st, 2023 – Christmas Tide – New Year
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 Steuernagel revisits last year's new year reflection and invites us once more to sit down with old Simeon, a teacher in the isdom of hope when nothing seems to change.
Welcome to 2023 with OiC!
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Jan 1, 2023
OiC December 18th, 2022 – Cycles of Advent – IV
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!
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Jan 1, 2023
OiC December 11th, 2022 – Cycles of Advent –III
"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!
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Dec 20, 2022
OiC December 4th, 2022 – Cycles of Advent –II
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!
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Dec 20, 2022
OiC November 27th, 2022 – Cycles of Advent –I
“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!
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Dec 20, 2022
OiC November 20th, 2022 – Belonging –X
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!
Welcome to Oslo International Church!
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Nov 17, 2022
OiC November 13th, 2022 – OiC & Hasle Joined Service – Norwegian
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 to Hasle Kirke!
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Nov 17, 2022
OiC November 13th, 2022 – OiC & Hasle Joined Service – English
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 – Norwegian"
Welcome to OiC & Hasle Congregation! Welcome to Hasle Kirke!
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Nov 15, 2022
OiC November 6th, 2022 – Belonging –IX
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!
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Nov 2, 2022
OiC October 30th, 2022 – Belonging – VIII
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!
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Oct 28, 2022
OiC October 23rd, 2022 – Belonging – VII
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!
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Oct 26, 2022
OiC October 16th, 2022 – Belonging – VI
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!
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Oct 14, 2022
OiC October 9th, 2022 – Belonging – V– with Lemma Desta
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!
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Oct 3, 2022
OiC October 2nd, 2022 – Belonging – IV
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!
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Sep 30, 2022
OiC September 25th, 2022 – Belonging – III
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!
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Sep 29, 2022
OiC September 18th, 2022 – Belonging – II
"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!
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Sep 25, 2022
OiC September 11th, 2022 – Belonging – I
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!
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Sep 14, 2022
OiC September 4th, 2022 – An impossible community – with Valdir & Sileda Steuernagel
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!
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Aug 30, 2022
OiC August 28th, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 126
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!
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Aug 24, 2022
OiC August 21st, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 146 with Valdir Steuernagel
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
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Aug 17, 2022
OiC August 14th, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 10
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!
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Aug 11, 2022
OiC August 7th, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms –24
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!
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Aug 9, 2022
OiC July 31st, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 96
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!
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Aug 4, 2022
OiC July 24th, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 46
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!
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Jul 19, 2022
OiC July 17th, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 130
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!
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Jul 15, 2022
OiC July 10th, 2022 – Summer in the Psalms – 136
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!
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Jul 14, 2022
OiC July 3rd, 2022 - Summer in the Psalms -127
Is it all for nothing?
We work hard, create, build, raise children, make projects. Yet when all is said and done we have less control over the outcomes than we would like to admit. Is it all in vain?
This week Maicon Steuernagel talks about Psalm 127, and what it might look like to invite Eternity into our daily strugles and hopes.
Welcome to Sumer in the Psalms!
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Jun 30, 2022
OiC June 26th, 2022 - Summer in the Psalms -150
Can we sing as we choke?
In a week where the pain of the world is all too obvious and present in our city of Oslo, Maicon Steuernagel speaks of singing Psalm 150 as a celebratory act of hopeful defiance.
Welcome to Sumer in the Psalms!
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Jun 29, 2022
OiC June 19th, 2022 - Summer in the Psalms - 84
What happens when the arid landscape of a desert well and a the poetical language of a psalm are brought together?
Maicon Steuernagel officially starts summer in OiC by contempating Psalm 84, and the remarkable claims and invitation Jesus Christs makes as he talks simmultaneously into a desert geographical landscape and the poetical landscape of the tradition of book of Psalms.
Welcome to Sumer in the Psalms!
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Jun 6, 2022
OiC June 5th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XXI
Tongues of fire or bread on a table?
On the Sunday of Pentecost, Maicon Steuernagel looks at an alternative Pentecost story and talks about the location, temporality and presence of the Spirit of God.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Jun 4, 2022
OiC May 29th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XX
What if the end of the world is happening right now, but it's too slow for us to notice? Better yet, what if the world is being saved and transformed, if only we know how to look for it?
Jesse Ophoff discusses the appearances of Jesus after the Resurrection, the meaning of the Ascension, and what it looks like for us to live in a world that has been forever changed.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Jun 3, 2022
OiC May 22nd, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XIX
Prayer is like a widow giving injustice a black eye.
Join Maicon Steuernagel as he explores a perplexing parable, a surprisingly specific greek term, and the challenge of sticking to a life of prayer in the midst of a broken world.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Jun 2, 2022
2022-05-15 OiC & Hasle Joined Service
On the 15th of May Oslo International Church celebrated a service together with Hasle Congregation (Church of Norway), who's church building we share. On this episode you get to hear in on the message for that day, reflecting on the call for unity in the prayer of Jesus in St. John's Gospel.
Note: the service was bi-lingual, including the preaching. The norwegian portion has been removed for the podcast.
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May 11, 2022
OiC May 8th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XVIII
Two men who lived differently, a chasm and torment. What is this parable really about?
This week Lemma Desta calls us to listen to the challenge of a well known and often misused parable of Jesus, and to let it speak into our current days.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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May 10, 2022
OiC May 1st, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XVII
About a dysfunctional magic family, a corrupt manager, and betting it all on grace.
Maicon Steuernagel looks at a disruptive and disturbing parable, and talks about the power of storytelling and the (necessary) risks of listening.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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May 2, 2022
OiC April 24th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XVI
This week Therese Wagle Bazaard takes a fresh look at a beloved parable... and other stories about losts and founds.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Apr 24, 2022
OiC April 17th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XV
What do we do with Jesus?
This Easter Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel dives into the events of crucifixion, and the mystery of incarnation. On the hill of Calvary, an invitation to a much deeper question comes from an unlikely source.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Apr 12, 2022
OiC April 10th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XIV
How will you react when Jesus comes to town?
This Palm Sunday Jesse Ophoff looks at Jesus' passage through Jericho on his way to Jerusalem in Luke 18:35-19:10. On a holiday all about excitement and praise, the stories of the blind beggar and the rich tax collector invite us to also consider coming to Jesus with our needs and with our shame.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Apr 9, 2022
OiC April 3rd, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XIII
Should we really hate those we love in order to love Jesus?
This week guest preacher Po Chu Grønvold shares from a challenging text and reflects on how the love of Christ can transform our ability to love to the better.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Apr 9, 2022
OiC March 27th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XII
When is the right time to hope for freedom? And where do we look for it?
This week Jesse Ophoff looks at Luke 13:10-22, and how Jesus talks about the ordinary healing moments of his ministry compared to the "main stage" events in Jerusalem.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Apr 1, 2022
OiC March 20th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XI
This week Kristine Tveit tackles an intriguing parable, and the difficult questions of justice.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Mar 18, 2022
OiC March 13th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor X
The material world does not of itself flourish human life, and can destroy us by covetousness and anxiety. Jesus shows us God’s kingdom, where we can truly grow to our fullness.
This week we get to hear Phuong Huyng. He's been studying theology and leadership, and doing an internship with us in OiC. Check out his reflection from last Sunday!
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Mar 7, 2022
OiC March 6th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor IX
Praying the prayer that Jesus taught his disciples is a formative practice that shapes the way we approach the Father. But is that all it does? Did Jesus actually mean to say that "everyone who seeks finds"? And how much do we have to "believe" it for our prayers to "work"?
This week Jesse Ophoff looks at Luke 11:1-13 and kind of faith it takes to pray the Jesus-way.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Feb 27, 2022
OiC February 27th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor VIII
About hidden things and heavenly fire…
This week Maicon Steuernagel reflects on some cryptic words of Jesus, and talks about the danger of keeping knowledge and power away from our hearts, and our hearts isolated.
Welcome to the Gospel of the Neighbor!
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Feb 21, 2022
OiC February 20th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor VII
What do we do with the words of Jesus when they sound like “bad news” for us?
Brooke Ophoff looks into Luke chapter 6 at the blessings and woes described by Jesus in the Sermon on the Plain.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"!
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Feb 18, 2022
OiC February 13th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor VI
What does it entail to make oneself a guest? And what when that guest is God himself?
This week Maicon Steuernagel wonders over a norwegian word in a story about death, life and compassion.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"!
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Feb 7, 2022
OiC February 6th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor V
What was so bizarre about the way Jesus called his first followers, and how has it come to seem so normal for us today?
This week Jesse Ophoff highlights a few things we can learn about what it means to be called by this fish whispering, demon slaying, party throwing rabbi.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"!
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Feb 2, 2022
OiC January 30th, 2022 – The Gospel of the Neighbor IV
"... one more powerfull than I will come"
John the baptist speaks of Jesus as the chosen one of God, bearer of divine power and confirmed by divine revelation. But what does this power look like, and what will Jesus do with it?
This week Maicon Steuernagel wonders with Jesus into the wilderness, where he confronts the temptations of economical, political and religious power.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"!
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Jan 26, 2022
OiC January 23rd, 2022 – The Gospel of the Neighbor III
Why did Jesus have to be baptized, and what does this have to do with the Creation story in Genesis? What was God doing before creation? And what does all of this reveal about our identity?
This week, Kristine Tveit dives with Luke into the baptism of Jesus by John the Baptist.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"!
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Jan 17, 2022
OiC January 16th, 2022 – The Gospel of the Neighbor II
Baby Pictures...
This week Jesse Ophoff asks what we have to learn from Jesus the 12-year-old about church, doubt, growth, and pain.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"!
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Jan 11, 2022
OiC January 9th, 2022 – The Gospel of the Neighbor I
Who do I need to love? And who is it okay to ignore? To leave out? To bypass? Who is my neighbor?
Many of us will recognize that question from the so called Parable of the Good Samaritan. The telling of this story is unique to the Gospel according to St. Luke. And Luke knows that question in this theology, and in his own experience.
This Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel launches our new semester theme, as we will look into the Gospel of Luke and how he tells the story.
Welcome to "The Gospel of the Neighbor"
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Jan 4, 2022
OiC January 2nd, 2022 – A New Year After Christmas
With the turn of the year, we find ourselves considering the year that has past and projecting fears, hopes and plans towards the new year that starts... and maybe wonder if we can make it through another long rough year on the road.
On our fist Sunday Service in 2022, Maicon Steuernagel talks about spiritual range anxiety and wonders at the gift of old Simeon.
Welcome to 2022 with OiC!
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Dec 28, 2021
OiC December 26th, 2021 – Stained Glass - Through the glass V
Finally! The angels are singing it! A new star is announcing it! The Messiah is born! He’s here! Yet… a whole lot of people have no idea. In fact, virtually everyone but a few dozen people are completely oblivious to what has just happened.
This Christmas, Maicon Steuernagel talks about our tendency to clean up the nativity scene, and why that might be a bad idea.
Welcome to OiC's Christmas!
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Dec 21, 2021
OiC December 19th, 2021 – Stained Glass - Through the glass IV
This Christmas season is not coming out as we expected. The lockdown, the restrictions and the sorrow. But then again, what happens if Christmas is nothing but what we expect?
This week Maicon Steuernagel looks at how the birth of John the Baptist helps us keep Christmas untidy... and why that's good news!
Welcome to OiC's Advent Reflections!
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Dec 15, 2021
OiC December 12th, 2021 – Stained Glass - Through the glass III
Mary walks into the stained glass.... and becomes part of it. When she sings, she becomes part of those who allow the light to shine through, and unto others.
On the third Sunday of Advent, Maicon Steuernagel joins Mary as she visits Elisabeth, and sings her story into a revelation plural.
Welcome to OiC's Advent Reflections!
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Dec 10, 2021
OiC December 5th, 2021 – Stained Glass - Through the glass II
When the light of the world shines through the glass of revelation and onto Mary's very womb, she's unprepared. But she's willing to trust the greeting: the Lord is with you!
On the day of OiC's 2021 Advent Celebration, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on the call to trust God, and trust the power of grace.
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Dec 10, 2021
OiC November 28, 2021 – Stained Glass - Through the glass I
When we look at a stained glass window, we are mostly attentive to what it show us. But what if the light touches us?
This Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel starts out on our advent series looking at someone who was used to the stories displayed in the temple, but wasn't quite ready for the light to touch his own life.
Welcome to OiC's Advent Reflections!
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Nov 22, 2021
OiC November 21, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside VII
This Sunday, Jesse Ophoff reflects on what it means for the Church to be a community that the gates of hell cannot overpower. How is this good news for us and for the world?
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Nov 16, 2021
OiC November 14, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside VI
There is a strange and peculiar dynamic in OiC. A mixture of business and quietness. A simultaneous sense of pause and of action. It's an expression of our identity as a serving community of faith, a community where that's expressed in serving each other. But why do we do it? Is it necessity or is it a choice?
This Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel looks at one of the most peculiar and remarkable acts that our Lord Jesus Christ himself chose in order to talk of himself as a servant, and call us into something…
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Nov 9, 2021
OiC November 7, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside V
Walking into an OiC Sunday Service, we can hardly help but notice the kids inside. But do we pay attention to their prophetic presence? What happens when we center the kids, as Jesus did, and let them challenge our aspirations and priorities?
Welcome to an OiC Sunday Reflection, with Maicon Steuernagel.
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Nov 1, 2021
OiC October 31, 2021 – OiC and Hasle Menighet Combined Service
This week's Sunday reflection comes in an unusual format, from an unusual Service: we finnaly had the opportunity to celebrate Sunday Service together with Hasle Menighet, with whom we share a Church building!
Sophie Panknin is sharing the reflection, and Maicon Steuernagel is translating.
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Oct 25, 2021
OiC October 24, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside IV
"This is my body, which is for you."
Maicon Steuernagel reminds us that that body is plural, and explores what it means to discern the Body of Christ as we share the Eucharist as a community of faith.
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Oct 18, 2021
OiC October 17, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside III
OiC has gathered many times in many places: homes, a basement, a grassy hill, a number of church buildings. In all of those, a same open book. Why do we always open it and talk about it, whenever we gather?
Maicon Steuernagel continues speaking of these Things Inside.
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Oct 11, 2021
OiC October 10, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside II
Lifted arms, bended knees, hands knit together, voices speaking or whispering from mouths open under eyes shut.
Prayer may be a thing inside the soul, yet it is also a collective expression of faith, and witness. What does it mean to speak of prayer in this way?
Maicon Steuernagel continues speaking of these Things Inside.
Welcome to OiC's Sunday Reflections!
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Oct 4, 2021
OiC October 03, 2021 – Stained Glass - Things Inside I
As we walk into this holy space colored by stories and symbols like stained glass windows, we ask ourselves: what are the meanings of these things inside?
As Maicon Steuernagel starts us off in a new series, he ponders first about the very doors, and talks about hospitaly as a sacred thing.
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Sep 27, 2021
OiC September 26, 2021 – Stained Glass - 1 John (IV)
Two simple phrases, packed with meaning and with challenge.
Maicon Steuernagel wraps up our series on 1 John by boiling it down to two simple phrases from the last part of the letter... and everything they lead us to.
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Sep 20, 2021
OiC September 19, 2021 – Stained Glass - John and Peter
St. John speaks a whole lot about love in his writtings. But is there something to it? Or is it just a trite word?
This week Maicon Steuernagel goes to the Gospel according to St. John, and takes a look at St. Peter learning a hard lesson about love.
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Sep 13, 2021
OiC September 12, 2021 – Stained Glass - 1 John (III)
Our journey through 1 John continues as Jesse Ophoff contrasts the Way of Cain and the Way of Christ, and asks what difference in makes in the real world that we confess Jesus Christ in the flesh.
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Sep 6, 2021
OiC September 5, 2021 – Stained Glass - 1 John (II)
Does St. John need to chill a bit?
This week Maicon Steuernagel takes on a part of St. John's letter where he seems to go overboard. Children of God or children of... the serpent? What's going on John?
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Aug 31, 2021
OiC August 29, 2021 – Stained Glass - 1 John (I)
When the light shines on us, as a community... how does it move us?
This week Maicon Steuernagel starts our 4 part series on 1 John, where John has a lot to say about the light, and what it means to live in it.
Welcome to OiC's Sunday Reflections!
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Aug 27, 2021
OiC August 22, 2021 – Stained Glass
Hope, faith and community.
It's the start of a new semester in OiC, with a new theme: "Stained Glass". As the light shines through the stained glass windows at Hasle Kirke where we meet, what does it shine on? Maicon Steuernagel kicks off our new theme reflecting on hope and the reality of our local comunity of faith.
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Aug 16, 2021
OiC August 15, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (4)
Psalm 4: A Prayer Interrupted
Do you ever find it hard to pray? In this sermon, Jesse Ophoff talks about the objections, frustrations, and other distractions that can make it seem impossible to get from one end of a simple prayer to another.
Welcome to OiC's Summer in the Psalms!
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Aug 9, 2021
OiC August 8, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (78)
Can God really spread a table in the wilderness?
The wilderness is a harsh place. On the wasteland the odds seemed stacked against life and flourishing. A long look at history and the world today can leave us wondering if there is any hope. Is there anything left besides irony and disillusionment? Maicon Steuernagel looks for signs of hope in Psalm 78, and beyond.
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Aug 1, 2021
OiC August 1, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (67)
# blessed?
Maicon Steuernagel checks Instagram and threads of biblical theology, old and new, as Psalm 67 gets him asking: What does it mean to be blessed by God?
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Jul 25, 2021
OiC July 25, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (56)
About fear and hope
10 years after the events of 22nd July 2011, Maicon Steuernagel looks at Psalm 56, and talks about violence, fear and hope.
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Jul 19, 2021
OiC July 18, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (82)
In the jaws of Psalm 82
Maicon Steuernagel approaches Psalm 82 with a question, but finds himself entangled in trying to figure out divine identities. Who are these gods? And why does it matter anyway?
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Jul 12, 2021
OiC July 11, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (15)
Where will God pitch his tent?
It's summer in Norway, and a lot of us are taking to the woods and camping. Maicon Steuernagel starts out in the beauty of a long drawn Norwegian evening by a lake, then converses with Psalm 15 about contemplation, holiness and where we might meet the Divine Presence.
Welcome to OiC's Summer in the Psalms!
(Our podcast is now recorded live on our Sunday Service. This means our podcast will posted on Mondays, and that some cuts and background noise might make its way here. It also means you get a feel of the community gathered!)
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Jul 4, 2021
OiC July 4, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (109)
Praying Your Anger
Jesse Ophoff consults Psalm 109- a psalm often avoided for just being too vengeful, too bitter- asking what it can teach us about coming to God when we feel we've been wronged.
Welcome to OiC's Summer with the Psalms!
(Our podcast is now recorded live on our Sunday Service. This means our podcast will posted on Mondays, and that some cuts and background noise might make its way here. It also means you get a feel of the community gathered!)
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Jun 28, 2021
OiC June 27, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (8)
About authority, power... and being children.
Maicon Steuernagel revisits Psalm 8, and explores the unique role of humankind in creation and in relations.
Welcome to Summer in the Psalms!
(Our podcast is now recorded live on our Sunday Service. This means our podcast will posted on Mondays, and that some cuts and background noise might make its way here. It also means you get a feel of the community gathered!)
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Jun 21, 2021
OiC June 20, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (32)
About the danger of performance, the risk of fear and cultivating a space of grace.
Maicon Steuernagel looks at the symetry between Psalm 32 and the Sermon on the Mount, and finds an invitation into the freedom of confession.
Welcome to Summer in the Psalms!
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Jun 13, 2021
OiC June 13, 2021 – Summer in the Psalms (95)
A contrast, and a silence.
On this weeks reflection, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on the artistic power of Psalm 95. It confronts us with a contrast, and a silence... a kind of striking absence. And suddenlty we find ourselves talking about the character of God and the nature of trust.
Welcome to Summer in the Psalms!
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