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OIC Answers on InsuranceWhat does FEMA mean for my insurance?The Trump administration has announced significant cuts to the Federal Emergency Management Agency are coming after the 2025 hurricane season. What’s that mean for Washington, and how does FEMA funding impactinsurance? And how does the National Flood Insurance Program factor into the availability of flood coverage? On this episode of OIC Answers, host Aaron VanTuyl welcomes on OIC Senior Policy Advisor David Forte and OIC Emergency Management Program Specialist Matt Stoutenburg to talk about what role FEMA plays in emergency management response situations, how grants from FEMA mitigate damage from extreme weather incidents, and what the loss of...2025-07-1418 minOIC Answers on InsuranceMental Health Awareness Month and your coverageIt’s May, which means it’s Mental Health Awareness Month. But what rights to do you have when it comes to your health insurance covering mental health treatment? This episode of the OIC Answers podcast includes a member of the OIC’s Consumer Advocacy team to discuss how your treatment has to be covered, what the most common questions are about mental health coverage, and what mental health parity entails. If you’re having issues with your insurance, you can file a complaint online at insurance.wa.gov or chat with someone virtually or via phone at 800-5...2025-05-1208 minOIC Answers on InsuranceSen. Bob Hasegawa on the credit scoring study billThe OIC Answers podcast is back at the Capitol to talk shop with a lawmaker. This week, Senator Bob Hasegawa — Chair of the Senate Democratic Caucus from District 11 — joins Commissioner Kuderer to talk about Senate Bill 5589, which the OIC requested and Hasegawa sponsored. SB 5589 asks the OIC to conduct a study on how insurance companies use credit history, credit-based insurance scores and other rate factors that may have disparate impacts on Washington residents. The study would also explore alternatives to credit scoring that companies could use in determining premiums. Commissioner Kuderer and Senator Hasegawa cover why...2025-03-1711 minOIC Answers on InsuranceWhat do you mean it’s not real insurance?Over 120 people in Washington state have filed complaints with the Office of the Insurance Commissioner about Quick Health, alleging the sham health insurance company owes them a total of nearly $800,000 in restitution for unpaid claims and premium refunds. Two members of the OIC’s Investigations team — Jessica Bullington and Ed Steiner — join the podcast to discuss how Quick Health showed up on the OIC’s radar, how the company operated, how many policies the company sold, what action has been taken and how you can make sure you’re buying insurance from a legitimate company.2025-02-1818 minOIC Answers on InsuranceCommissioner Kreidler discusses his work on climate changeWashington state Insurance Commissioner Mike Kreidler is stepping down from public office in January after a long and storied tenure. In this episode of OIC Answers, Kreidler sits down with OIC Senior Climate Policy Advisor Jay Bruns to discuss his work on climate change, how the insurance industry and regulators have adapted climate change, and his legacy after 24 years in office.2024-12-0937 minOIC Answers on InsuranceWhat’s it mean to be underinsured?Whether your mortgage demands it or you’re just proactive, having insurance is a good thing — but what if it’s not enough? In this episode of OIC Answers we ask, what does it mean if I’m underinsured?
Recurring guest David Forte joins the hosts to dive into the claims data from last year’s Gray and Oregon Road fires, discuss wildfire mitigation efforts, and review how to make sure your home has enough coverage in the event of a worst case scenario.
Check out the OIC’s Wildfire Symposium: https://www.insurance.wa.gov/wildfire...2024-11-2732 min
Oslo International ChurchOiC September 1st, 2024 – Trinity – The moving feetWhat does it mean to sit at the feet of Jesus?
It's an unusual expression for our days! But when St. Luke tells us a story of a woman who sits at the feet of Jesus, and her sister who is invited to join, he is giving a clear message and an invitation. This week, Maicon Steuernagel explores their story, as well as our own and how we struggle in betwen anxiety and a need to slow down.
Welcome to the moving feet. Welcome to OiC!
2024-10-0930 minOslo International ChurchOiC August 25th, 2024 – Trinity – What for?Have you ever asked God for more faith? Have you ever been told that you should "grow in faith"?
Questions like that are not uncommon, and emerge from all kinds of situations. But can faith be quantified? And what do we want faith for anyway?
This week Maicon Steuernagel explores the disciples request for more faith in the Gospel of Luke, and asks if we might need to change aspirations for presence
Welcome to the daily work of faith. Welcome to embodied belief. Welcome to OiC!
2024-09-2032 minOslo International ChurchOiC August 18th, 2024 – Trinity – Look outBeatings, slaves and people being cut into pieces... it seems like the Autumn semester is off to a rough start!
After a long Summer break, we head back into our Sunday Reflections. Maicon Steuernagel spends time with a parable of uncomfortably violent language, asks what we might find out about the questions we bring to the story, and discovers the call for a faith embodied in the present.
Welcome to uncomfortable language we need to address. Welcome to difficult questions about ourselves. Welcome to OiC!
2024-09-1635 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: How can I spot an insurance red flag?A big part of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s work is consumer protection. A lot of that work is done by our investigations team, which evaluates consumer complaints to see if there’s been a violation of the state insurance code. On this episode of OIC Answers, two of our lead investigators explain how the investigations process works and gives advice on how to spot red flags from insurance professionals.2024-08-1225 minOslo International ChurchOiC June 2nd, 2024 – Trinity – PhillipWhat's the deal with Phillip?
We know very little about him. Yet he's also all over the place. Maicon Steuernagel explores how Phillip can encourage us towards a way of being, wherever we are, that is generous and full of grace.
Welcome to the stories that challenge us. Welcome to OiC!
2024-08-0529 minOslo International ChurchOiC May 26th, 2024 – TrinityTitles are tricky.
They can open the reader up for what is coming, or restrain and even mislead the reading. On this year's Sunday of the Trinity, Maicon Steuernagel talks about how headings in our Bible translations can sometimes be unhelpful, and what that has to do with how we speak about God.
Welcome to the community of the divine. Welcome to OiC!
2024-08-0237 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: Why is MY car insurance getting more expensive?Auto insurance rates took a jump in 2023, which meant an increase in monthly costs for people almost everywhere. What happened? Was it a Washington-specific issue? Why doesn’t the Insurance Commissioner just say “no” to rate increases? And why did MY costs go up when I haven’t even wrecked a car or gotten a ticket in years? On this episode of OIC Answers, Senior Policy Advisor David Forte helps the hosts address all the questions and theories they’ve heard about auto rates over the last year. 2024-07-2920 minOslo International ChurchOiC May 19th, 2024 – Pentecost – CopyrightCan we own a story?
Who owns the story of the Gospel? Who get's to tell it? On Pentecost Sunday, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on our tendencies to control the story, and invites us to let go of controling the story of Jesus, and each other.
Welcome to the story. Welcome to OiC!
2024-07-2933 minOslo International ChurchOiC May 12th, 2024 – Where grace lives – Babel"We’re a little micro-cosmos of Babel. A little mess of our own."
This week, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on his odd choice of metaphor for his own families experience as a multi-cultural, multi-lingual family, and offer a different perspective on the very odd story of the tower of Babel.
Welcome to our own little mess. Welcome to the re-imagining diversity in a landscape of reconciliation. Welcome to OiC!
2024-07-2636 minOslo International ChurchOiC May 5th, 2024 – Where grace lives – A practice of skepticismWhat is the nature of perfection and justice we aspire for?
Maicon Steuernagel shares about why he sees prayer as a holy practice of spekticism, and why revisiting prayer's power to change our selves might not be a bad idea after all.
Welcome to prayer not following our rules. Welcome to OiC!
2024-07-2235 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 28th, 2024 – Where grace lives – Counter-narrativesWhat is the Kingdom of God like?
We might want a clear, hard answer. Jesus gives us parables. Listening to the parables, and to the story of a prophet and a widow, Maicon Steuernagel finds the counter-narratives that upset the theo-politics of our world.
Welcome to the counter-narrative. Welcome to OiC!
2024-07-1934 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: Is pet insurance worth the money?More than 5 million pets in the United States were covered by insurance plans in 2023, but the coverages and costs vary quite a bit between pets and plans. Accidents, surgeries, prescriptions, illnesses and emergencies are usually covered, while dental care and behavioral problems usually aren’t — and pre-existing conditions remain a point of confusion. Washington has about 4% of the country’s covered pets, and in this episode of OIC Answers, our hosts ask a consumer protection expert if the policies are worth the money.2024-07-1518 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 21st, 2024 – Where grace lives – Letting go of knowingWe like to think we know stuff. We don’t as often spend time with wondering what that knowing is for.
On this Sunday reflection, Maicon Steuernagel speaks of prophetic letters and challenges of today, and questions what is essential to know and what is most dangerous to forget.
Welcome to letting go. Letting to not forgetting. Welcome to OiC!
2024-07-1533 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 14th, 2024 – Where grace lives – Hoping for failure"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!
2024-07-1233 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: Is this health care sharing ministry too good to be true?Health care sharing ministries offer what may look like affordable health coverage, but there’s often a few details in the fine print that leave members short of funds when big medical bills come due. On this episode of OIC Answers, Deputy Commissioner Michael Marchand helps answer questions about what, exactly, a health care sharing ministry is, what they might not cover, and how the OIC works to prevent them from selling insurance illegally.2024-07-0120 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 7th, 2024 – Where grace lives – Loving the Jesus among usEaster 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!
2024-07-0130 minOslo International ChurchOiC March 17th, 2024 – Lent – The little girl and the sunsetA 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!
2024-06-2837 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: How to avoid Medicare fraudOn this Medicare Fraud Prevention Month episode of OIC Answers, Kim McKenna — our Senior Medicare
Patrol program coordinator — discusses the most common Medicare-related scams, how to keep yourself safe from fraud, what to do when you think you’re being
targeted in a scheme, and how the Senior Medicare Patrol works.
For questions about reporting a concern to Washington State Senior Medicare Patrol, you can call our Insurance
Consumer Hotline at 1-800-562-6900 or submit in writing at insurance.wa.gov/contact-washington-state-shiba-program.
If you are interested in volunteering with the SHIBA or SMP programs, contac...2024-06-1019 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: What's a transparency rule?Each episode of OIC Answers addresses a question about insurance in Washington state or the OIC’s work. On this episode, Andrew Davis from the OIC's Policy team discusses the state's new premium change transparency rule and what your insurance company is now required to do if you ask (in writing) about your premium increase upon renewal. 2024-05-2708 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: Am I ready for a natural disaster?Each episode of OIC Answers addresses a question about insurance in Washington state or the OIC’s work. On this episode, Amy Teshera from the OIC's Consumer Advocacy Program talks about what happens (from an insurance standpoint) after a natural disaster damages or destroys your home, and how the OIC helps people navigate the claims process after a large-scale event.2024-05-1316 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: What if I'm (Medi)scared?Each episode of OIC Answers addresses a question about insurance in Washington state or the OIC’s work. On the second episode, Tim Smolen – director of the OIC’s SHIBA Program – returns to explain how the volunteer-driven Statewide Health Insurance Benefits Advisors Program works to help Washingtonians get free, unbiased advice about Medicare. Call SHIBA at (800) 562-6900!2024-04-2915 minOIC Answers on InsuranceOIC Answers: What if I don't (Medi)care?Each episode of the Office of the Insurance Commissioner’s podcast, OIC Answers, addresses one question about insurance in Washington state or the OIC’s work. On the first episode, Tim Smolen – director of the OIC’s SHIBA Program – answers beginner-level questions about enrolling in Medicare. 2024-04-1015 minOslo International ChurchOiC March 10th, 2024 – Lent – Naming deathDo 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!
2024-03-2136 minOslo International ChurchOiC March 3rd, 2024 – Lent – On with the livingLittle 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!
2024-03-2033 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 25th, 2024 – Lent – Tricky ThingForgiveness 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!
2024-03-1935 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 18th, 2024 – Lent – Guest speaker Vidar BakkeThis 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!
2024-03-1846 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 11th, 2024 – Around the word - Lost in the loopSometimes 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!
2024-03-1730 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 4th, 2024 – Around the word – Not for the keepingOur 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!
2024-03-1525 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 28th, 2024 – Around the word – Bird FeederA 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!
2024-02-0214 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 21th, 2024 – Around the word – Encounters"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!
2024-01-2536 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 14th, 2024 – Around the word – BeginningsMark 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!
2024-01-1829 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 7th, 2024 – Around the word – Looking for JesusWelcome 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!
2024-01-1031 minOslo International ChurchOiC December 17th, 2023 – One more time again – LukeOn 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.
2023-12-1919 minOslo International ChurchOiC December 10th, 2023 – One more time again – Matthew"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!
2023-12-1126 minOslo International ChurchOiC December 3rd, 2023 – One more time again – JohnTelling 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!
2023-12-0527 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 26th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – Ruth – Part 4There 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!
2023-11-2735 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 19th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – Ruth – Part 3Who 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!
2023-11-2133 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 12th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – Ruth – Part 2Who 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!
2023-11-1442 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 5th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – Ruth – Part 1Can 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!
2023-11-0838 minOslo International ChurchOiC October 22nd, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James VIOrdinary faith for an ordinary life. Yet there is nothing unordinary about a life of struggle and difficulties. Can our faith live on and even thrive in such conditions?
As we come to the end of our time with the Letter of James, Lemma Desta reflects on hard times, perseverance, and the need for a faith that is familiar with the tough realities of life.
Welcome to the patience of faith. Welcome to OiC!
2023-10-2530 minOslo International ChurchOiC October 15th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James VBike thiefs, business entrepreneurs and politicians face a common dilemma. What about us?
Still in the company of James, Maicon Steuernagel reflects on greed, arrogance and our struggle with loving ourselves and those around us.
Welcome to the company of the unlikely blessed. Welcome to OiC!
2023-10-1634 minOslo International ChurchOiC October 8th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James IV"Get outta here!", shouts James from the altar...
Many Christian faith traditions are familiar with the so-called "altar call". This week, James flips it on its head and sends us away from the altar, toward the places where our repentance can change us.
Welcome to the need for repentance. Welcome to the hope of community. Welcome to OiC!
2023-10-1033 minOslo International ChurchOiC October 1st, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James III"Not many of you should become tweeters, my fellow believers..."
Maicon Steuernagel considers James' harsh words about the power and the danger of speech, and reflects if language can also be a practice of healing for the comunity of faith.
Welcome to the conversation. Welcome to OiC!
2023-10-0333 minOslo International ChurchOiC September 24th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James IICan we just agree that child sacrifice is not ok?
We continue our series on the Letter of James, struggling with some hard things in the text and, if we dare, in our own lives and the world we live in.
Welcome the hard questions. Welcome to the table.
Welcome to OiC!
2023-09-2733 minOslo International ChurchOiC September 17th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – James IWhat 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!
2023-09-2034 minOslo International ChurchOiC September 10th, 2023 – Ordinary Faith – Ruth, James & JaneRuth, 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!
2023-09-1440 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 30th, 2023 – The Land of the Living – IVAbout 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!
2023-05-0335 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 23rd, 2023 – The Land of the Living – IIIThe 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!
2023-04-2533 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 16th, 2023 – The Land of the Living – IIThe 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 L...2023-04-1732 minOslo International ChurchOiC 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!
2023-04-1129 minOslo International ChurchOiC April 2nd, 2023 – Echoes – VIWhat 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!
2023-04-1132 minOslo International ChurchOiC March 27th, 2023 – Echoes – VWhat 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!
2023-03-2935 minOslo International ChurchOiC 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!
2023-03-2137 minOslo International ChurchOiC March 12th, 2023 – Echoes – IIIThere 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!
2023-03-1535 minOslo International ChurchOiC 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!
2023-03-0934 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 26th, 2023 – Echoes – IAs 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!
2023-02-2723 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 19th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – VIThe 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!
2023-02-2018 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 12th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – VI 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!
2023-02-1324 minOslo International ChurchOiC February 5th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – IVA 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!
2023-02-0831 minOslo International ChurchOiC 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!
2023-01-3125 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 22nd, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – IIOf 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!
2023-01-2435 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 15th, 2023 – Cycles of Epiphany – IAn 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!
2023-01-1834 minOslo International ChurchOiC January 1st, 2023 – Christmas Tide – New YearThough 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...2023-01-1827 minOslo International ChurchOiC December 18th, 2022 – Cycles of Advent – IVSometimes 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!
2023-01-0131 minOslo International ChurchOiC 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!
2023-01-0132 minOslo International ChurchOiC December 4th, 2022 – Cycles of Advent –IIThe 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!
2022-12-2029 minOslo International ChurchOiC 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!
2022-12-2034 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 13th, 2022 – OiC & Hasle Joined Service – NorwegianThis 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!
2022-11-1711 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 13th, 2022 – OiC & Hasle Joined Service – EnglishThis 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!
2022-11-1709 minOslo International ChurchOiC November 6th, 2022 – Belonging –IXHow 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!
2022-11-1530 minOslo International ChurchOiC September 4th, 2022 – An impossible community – with Valdir & Sileda SteuernagelOiC 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!
2022-09-1432 minOslo International ChurchOiC June 19th, 2022 - Summer in the Psalms - 84What 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!
2022-06-2932 min
Omnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 82- The Power of PrayerPrayer makes a difference in the lives of people all over the world, ever since the dawning of man. It is a natural reaction to difficult situations, but it is also much more than that! Prayer at it's root is a personal connection and relationship with our loving Creator! Learn about what it means to truly pray on this episode of the OIC Podcast, plus gain insight into the health benefits you can experience when you prioritize prayer!Miracles:https://www.crosswalk.com/slideshows/10-facts-about-miracles-that-will-build-your-faith.htmlHeath benefits of prayer:https://www.healthfitnessrevolution.com...2022-03-2832 minOslo International ChurchOiC March 13th, 2022 - The Gospel of the Neighbor XThe 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!
2022-03-1826 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 78- The Power of JournalingThere is a long list of benefits that the power of journaling can bring to our lives, including heightened self-awareness, better communication with ourselves and others, clarification of our priorities, better organization, and improved emotional, spiritual and physical health! In this podcast, learn about the main differences between a journaling practice that brings the most of those benefits and journaling practices that cause you to miss out on them!Journaling is a powerful practice, but many people don't know where to start! Head over to the added value insight, "Self-Revealing Journaling Techniques" for a summary of 10 powerful ways...2022-02-0931 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 62- FaithfulnessThe Spirit of truth's faithfulness is a wonderful gift. In this episode we discuss omnipresent information, which means it is relevant to your life no matter who you are! That is why we invite you and all people to listen to this podcast all the way through, and contact us with any questions you may have!Thank you for valuing our content! Remember to Subscribe, like this podcast, and share with people who can resonate with Omnipresent Information Connection!Links are provided below to connect you with more of our content at the OIC In A...2021-11-1830 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 58 - The Head, Heart & GutIn this episode, we have a lengthy-but-important conversation on the depths of the human head, heart, and gut. These three elements of our body all share one powerful thing, they all have a "brain" of sorts. They have influence on our decision making, emotional well-being, and overall health!Thank you for valuing our content! Remember to Subscribe, like this podcast, and share with people who can resonate with Omnipresent Information Connection!Links are provided below to connect you with more of our content at the OIC In A New Way!Learn heart-brain coherence!...2021-11-1843 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 57- Life PurposeIn this episode, we bring you profound evidence that our lives have a purpose! We conclude what we believe that purpose to be with ancestral, biblical, and scientifically accurate information. Then we share direction that you can apply to your life immediately, in order to live your life with purpose In A New Way!Thank you for valuing our content! Remember to Subscribe, like this podcast, and share with people who can resonate with Omnipresent Information Connection!Links are provided below to connect you with more of our content at the OIC In A New...2021-11-1837 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 56- IntegrityIntegrity is one of the most important qualities we can have as human beings! Without integrity, the way in which we conduct ourselves easily become selfish, prideful, and incomplete. The meaning of integrity is "Complete"! In order to be whole and complete as people, we need to learn, practice, and share the qualities of integrity with other people! Enjoy learning about what it means to be a person of integrity in this episode of the OIC!Thank you for valuing our content! Remember to Subscribe, like this podcast, and share with people who can resonate with Omnipresent Information...2021-04-0931 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 51- Valentine's DayIn this podcast we share our viewpoints on Valentine's day! Learn about the history of Valentine's day, plus ancestral, biblical, and scientifically accurate information presented In A New Way on this topic!Thank you for valuing our content! Remember to Subscribe, like this podcast, and share with people who can resonate with Omnipresent Information Connection!Links are provided below to connect you with more of our content at the OIC In A New Way!Episode 24- Authenticated Love: Mother's day podcast!https://youtu.be/0ZTXuGEgrG4Episode 11- The Power of Belief...2021-04-0637 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 43- Biblical PrinciplesIn the 3rd part of the "Principles" Series on the OIC Podcast we speak about the most important and life enhancing principles in life! These principles come directly from the Creator of the universe our most Holy God, and His son Jesus Christ! We discuss how these principles found in the bible can be learned, understood, and applied to our lives in order to bring the righteous results that are intended for our lives! Thank you for tuning into the OIC Podcast In A New Way!The Power of Belief: https://youtu.be/vkV8jywEauI 2021-04-0642 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 35- The SourceIn this episode we revisit a topic that featured in the very 1st episode of the OIC; Creation! That episode only scratched the surface! On this episode, we discuss the profound implications of the reality of creation! We appreciate your support for the OIC Podcast! "The Source", In A New Way!The OIC Podcast's 1st episode on Creation:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3dS-dibNNw&t=219sThe OIC "Values" episodes:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vi9EEzG-1hU&list=PLMpzG0EigvNGFBZMS6jVu7bUADvX25qfDThe OIC "Reaching your...2021-04-0522 min
Omnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 34: Authentic EducationIn this edition of the OIC podcast, we take a deep dive into what authentic education really is. The true teacher is the walking, talking truth of what they are teaching. Authentic education has to do with the way of giving, as an authentic teacher, and receiving, by an authentic student! Listen to episode 30- The Allspark! https://youtu.be/cQU-V66oCXAThank you for valuing our content! Links are provided below to connect you with more at In A New Way! Remember to like & subscribe as well as share our content in order...2020-09-2326 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 33- Agendas and MessagesIn this special video edition of the OIC Podcast, we speak about three vital topics in the world today, political agendas, scripted messages, and authentic messages. Political agendas, scripted messages, and authentic messages can all include subliminal and super-liminal influences. That is why this podcast is important! When you have more authentic control and awareness of influences in your life, you are then able to turn on your power button, as well as turn off the power of any malevolent message that may be trying to influence you in a negative way!Thank you for valuing our...2020-09-0930 min
Omnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 28- Independence Day!On the 28th episode of the OIC podcast, we take a deep dive into some major problems the world is facing, especially when it comes to the subject of independence. We also share little-known facts about the history of Independence Day! The disclaimer in our podcast is that the views and the opinions that are expressed in our podcast are not the views and opinions shared with the world. Opinions expressed are solely our own and do not express the view of anyone not associated with this podcast! Thank you for valuing our content! Links...2020-07-0534 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 26: Authentic IntentionsIn this video your hosts Kevin and Noah speak about what it means to have authentic intentions, and how to be intentional in your everyday life! 5 points are made that have everything to do with setting the right intentions, and being intentional in your life. Stay tuned for more authenticated truth that has the ability to improve your life or your loved ones lives on a weekly basis at the OIC podcast!Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe, and share with other people who can benefit from the information we share on the OIC Podcast YouTube channel!2020-06-2427 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionIntroducing Your Hosts!Get to know your hosts! In this video Kevin and Noah speak about their lives leading up to now, and about how the OIC Podcast got started! At In A New Way, we want you to feel like we are family. Enjoy hearing all about the podcast's origins and your Co-host's unique life stories, and then meet your hosts on the website below to speak with them directly!Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe, and share with other people who can benefit from the information we share on the OIC Podcast YouTube channel!Email us at...2020-06-2423 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 24- Authenticated LoveIn this special OIC Episode Noah and Kevin bring you a fresh new perspective on authentic love. Authentic Love is the type that affects people in a way that visible results can be seen, even before birth. (See links) Recorded on mother's day, 2020! Enjoy!These links are provided for the convenience of the listener. They are intended to provide further understanding of the topics spoken about in this podcast. The ideas and viewpoints shared through these links are not associated with the OIC Podcast.Babies learn in the womb!https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2013/08...2020-05-2436 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 22- The Value of Human LifeIn this podcast, part 4 of the values series, your hosts Kevin and Noah discuss the many reasons why we should value human life. Even when someone is a lost soul, there is still intrinsic and inherited value in that person! We are all God's creation! Enjoy listening!Thank you for watching! Please Subscribe, and share with other people who can benefit from the information we share either on this or the OIC Podcast YouTube channel!Email us at oicadvantage@inanewway.comSign up for free on our website!www.inanewway.com ...2020-05-2417 min
Omnipresent Information ConnectionThe OIC OutreachHuge plans are in the works for the OIC Podcast In A New Way! Let us know what you would like to see the Omnipresent Information Connection do in the future, and reach out through the links below to inquire about the programs discussed in this episode!Thank you for valuing our content! Links are provided below to connect you with more at In A New Way! Remember to like & subscribe as well as share our content in order to help us benefit more lives through our platforms!More useful links:https://www.inanewway...2020-04-1020 min
Omnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 14: Intention of the OIC (Short)Intention can make the difference between selfishness and selflessness. In this short podcast, Kevin and Noah discuss the OIC and the intention behind it. Thank you for valuing our content! Links are provided below to connect you with more at In A New Way! Remember to like & subscribe as well as share our content in order to help us benefit more lives through our platforms!More useful links:https://www.inanewway.com/useful-linksEmail us at oicadvantage@inanewway.comSign up for free on our website!https://www.inanewway.com/ 2020-04-0914 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 2: Ancient FloodsIn this episode of OIC your hosts speak about profound, compelling information and discoveries that may prove there have been major world floods thousands of years ago! Then we invite you to begin to discover more information on this fascinating subject for yourself, starting with the links in this description. Thank you for valuing our content! Links are provided below to connect you with more at In A New Way! Remember to Subscribe, like this podcast, and share with people who can resonate with the OIC Podcast! More useful links:https://www.inanewway.com/useful-links2020-04-0935 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionEpisode 1: CreationIn this episode we discuss all types of creation! Authenticated information is presented about creation myths and legends, the human ability to create, and we even get into the history of one of the most evil creators in history, Adolf Hitler, as well as the greatest Creator of you and me! Find authentication links below to further your research and connect to A New Way and everything in OIC Podcast!Email us at: oicadvantage@inanewway.comOr get in contact with us right on our website www.inanewway.comHere is the link to...2020-04-0934 minOmnipresent Information ConnectionA New Podcast, "The OIC Effect"Our First ever Podcast on the OIC features a personal introduction into the intention of Omnipresent Information Connection. Get to know KC Peterson and Noah Hanson and along the way learn the Information OIC will continuously bring to you. We intend to bring you information that will cultivate personal connections, profound discoveries, and authentic truth in your life! No matter who you are, and no matter where your life brings you, the information we share is important! Until we meet by greeting you in person, on another podcast, or on a video on O-I-C or in A New Way, we...2020-04-0925 min