"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!

Easter is over and gone. And what happened after Easter?

Beyond the "sunday school answer", Maicon Steuernagel asks what happens now? What happened to you after Easter this year? With Peter as a companion in the questioning, we explore the challenge of loving Christ when he's gone. 

Welcome to the ressurrection questions. Welcome to OiC!

A change of colour in the middle of Lent, a little girl singing as she rows a wooden cannoe in the brazilian rain forest. Maicon Steuernagel ponders memories and images as he reflects on the profound meaning of incarnation.

Welcome to beauty in landscapes of struglge. Welcome to the God with us! Welcome to OiC!

Do you know why super glue is called super glue?

Maicon Steuernagel speaks on how singled out verses and simplistic readings break under the pressure of living, and why it's important to name death in order to live.

Welcome to honesty. Welcome ot the fractures. Welcome to OiC!

Little girl, let's get on with the living!

This week Maicon Steuernagel wonders by the bed a dying girl, and finds that sometimes coming back to life is the easiest part of resurrection. 

Welcome to getting on with the living. Welcome to OiC!

Forgiveness is a tricky thing, and forgiveness can be really hard. And are there instances in which forgiveness ins’t the proper response? 

Maicon Steuernagel talks about when forgiving doesn't seem right, and but how we might think about forgiveness as something else than giving perpetrators a pass.

Welcome to the tricky path. Welcome to forgiveness. Welcome to OiC!

This week we begin the season of Lent, and hear the reflections from our guest speaker Vidar Bakke on the story of Joseph.

Welcome to OiC!

Sometimes we get stuck in a loop..

Maicon Steuernagel shares his favourite loop from Norwegian bureaucracy, and reflects on much more consequential theological loops and why we need to get rid of a few gilded crosses in order to carry the cross of Christ.

Welcome to the loop. Welcome to OiC!

Our kids are not ours for the keeping... neither is the Gospel.

Maicon Steuernagel reflects on Mary and Joseph's process of realizing their kid would grow into much more than their baby, and on how we might need to learn a similar lesson about the Gospel.

Welcome to letting go. Welcome to letting grow. Welcome to OiC!

A bird feeder hanging under a tree. A bird feeder for messy birds.

This week Maicon Steuernagels reflects on seeds, community and the Kingdom of God. What are we hoping to see grow?

Welcome to the odd shrub where we find shelter. Welcome to OiC!