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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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. 

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This week Therese Wagle Bazaard takes a fresh look at a beloved parable... and other stories about losts and founds.

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