"She is the one who makes difficult questions that emerge from difficult realities..."

Maicon Steuernagel shares from a personal pilgrimage to spend time with the story of the Samaritan by the well, and reflects on a theology of encounter.

Welcome to unlikely encounters! Welcome to OiC!

Mark doesn't begin in the beginning. Or maybe he does, while it is us who tend to forget where it all starts? 

This week Maicon Steuernagel jumps back on a 2020 Christmas reflection about the Gospel according to Mark, and invites us to ask about the beginnings of today.

Welcome to where it begins. Welcome to where it keeps going. Welcome to OiC!

Welcome to a new year and a new season! 

On the first Sunday of 2024, Maicon Steuernagel joins Joseph, Mary and the magi from the East as they set out looking for Jesus to find that the places he might be found can challenge how we think about him and about ourselves.

Welcome to 2024! Welcome to searching! Welcome to OiC!

On this last Sunday of our Advent series, we hear the story of Christmas "One more time again". This week, it comes through the story telling of Gospel writter St. Luke, and the reflections of our guest preacher Kristine Tveit.

Welcome to holy memories. Welcome to OiC!

P.S.: We will not have regular OiC Sunday Services on the 24th and 31st of December. The Podcast will be back January 2024.

"They will call him Immanuel, God with us", says the angel. Then Matthew wakes up, surrounded by questions and decisions. 

As we tell the story of Christmas one more time again, Maicon Steuernagel explores what St. Matthew tells us about Joseph's story. With very little words, he also will tell the story of Immanuel.

Welcome to embodied answers. Welcome to OiC!

Telling the story one more time, and always one more time.

On the day of OiC's Advent Celebration, Maicon Steuernagel launches our new series that will explore how the different Gospel writers tell the story of Christmas again and again, yet always new. He starts with St. John, who in his unnusual approach to Christmas tells more than one story again, and invites us into the newness of the Gospel.

Welcome to the story. Welcome to Advent at OiC!

There are the stories. There are the tellings of the stories. And there are the stories that the telling makes possible.

On our final episode on the Odinary Faith, the last act of the book of Ruth moves us into the power of how stories are told and what they make possible.

Welcome to the story. We welcome your story. Welcome to OiC!

Who are you? 

We will likely answer that question differently, depending on the context: a family gathering, the workplace, a comunity of faith. It often hides another question: why are you here? 

In the story of Ruth, those questions get intertwined with another question: who is God?

Welcome to the questions made in fear and longing. Welcome to OiC!

Who does that young woman belong to?

The question, perhaps awkward for us, is crucial for the very survival of Ruth. As we continue our journey into the second chapter of her story, the question invites also us into a whirlwind of questions of belonging: of stories, bodies, grain and kin.

Welcome to the unwelcome. Welcome to kindness. Welcome to OiC!

Can a happy ending make us forget the story?

As we continue our season reflecting on Ordinary Faith, we open a new book and tune in to a new story, the story of Ruth. She is such an unlikely protagonist that even in a book named after her, she runs the risk of being sidelined. What is it about Ruth, then, that we should not forget?

Welcome to the outsiders. Welcome to old enemies and negotiating identities. Welcome to OiC!