Tanja @tanjaostman@dingdash.com
Swedish-speaking Finn from Finland. Wife, mother of one boy (2008). Teaching special education at the local university. I belive that the Organic Church/House Church is the NT way of doing Church. I'm interested in what's going on in the underground Church and I pray for the persecuted Christians.
Joined Jul 2020
This is ironically written by somebody. 😂 We are tired of the winter in Finland... April use to be spring time, not winter. It started melting a couple of weeks ago, but then it halted. It's been snowing again today. It started in November, so it's our sixth winter month... it's time for warmth, and to stop using winter jackets and winter boots, and to slip on icy roads.
I'm so impressed with people who are multilingual. There are so many advantages in speaking foreign languages, in particular the big languages. This is Finland's former prime minister Alexander Stubb. He gives interviews in three languages (German, French, English) in one breath in this clip... He spoke Swedish and Finnish growing up. He studied four years at university in the USA, and then wrote his thesis in London, and married a Brit, so he is perfectly fluent in English as well. They live in Italy now, so I'm quite sure he speaks at least the basics of Italian. https://www.reddit.com/r/BeAmazed/comments/dmu3zz/politician_gives_an_interview_in_three_languages/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x
"You shall love your neighbor as yourself. There is no other commandment greater than these." Mark 12:31
One of my best friends in Sweden has come to DingDash! (We met in a Church when we lived in Stockholm) 🙌 ❤️ 😊 Welcome Emma! @Emmur She is a very seasoned Christian, and she has much wisdom and knowledge, and leadership experiences. She is a people person, who has been working for many years in public schools. When rubber meets the road...
@sinbach
@MaryMamuzich
@VeritasDomain
@Berrybunchfamily
@StevenBerry
@sarikorpi
@faith20
@Cherishingsparrows2020
@Williams_girl
Etc.
Today @Berrybunchfamily (Jo and Peter) pray for Finland! It's so beautiful to listen to the prayers of children. ❤️
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bc3D4CB_tfA
About the author of the article: Martin Kulldorff, Senior Scholar of Brownstone Institute, is an epidemiologist and biostatistician specializing in infectious disease outbreaks and vaccine safety. He is the developer of Free SaTScan, TreeScan, and RSequential software. Most recently, he was professor at the Harvard Medical School for ten years. Co-Author of the Great Barrington Declaration.
"If university hospitals cannot get the medical evidence right on the basic science of immunity, how can we trust them with any other aspects of our health? What’s next? Universities questioning whether the earth is round or flat? That, at least, would do less harm."
https://brownstone.org/articles/hospitals-should-hire-not-fire-nurses-with-natural-immunity/?fbclid=IwAR2VVVioduGdS-8_lh3ROK14n4ESWYC4ns-gd002pQne7Rvw_zXc8EdXQ8s
This worship song is so genuine and filled with love and compassion, it made my eyes tear up. His voice is great as well.
https://youtu.be/XVTjcYC3MeU
A German MEP speaks up against Justin Trudeau in the EU parliament. "A prime minister who openly admires the Chinese dictatorship", she says.
https://youtu.be/kNiL5ZivqAk
This is a serious threat on free speech! Twitter, Facebook and Instagram lock accounts out and call it hate speech, just because they are inconvenient or speak the truth. You know, even saying that Jesus is the only way to God, or saying God created us to male and female is hate speech. This world is upside down. The Babylon Bee is a satire page, humor! It's ridiculous that you can't even joke about the craziness in our world.
A picture of Finnish soldiers on skis, with Russian soldiers that are captives, during the Winter War (WWII). @sinbach told about these swift soldiers on skis, on a BTJ podcast episode. He's not the only one who has compared the war in Ukraine, with the Finnish Winter War. Stalin believed Finland would be overtaken in less than 2 weeks, but Finland showed unexpected resitance (just like Ukraine). We stayed independent.
These Ukrainian Christians are my heroes. Most people would be scared to death if they would be in the same situation - in between two Russian frontlines. They don't deny reality (they are in contact with the military). And they don't deny the Biblical reality.
If you don't have symptoms but think you are sick, you are called hypochondriac - something they have tried to make all of us lately.
https://youtu.be/14lAQTp09zU
Today I read about a moral scandal by the founder and leader of one of the most famous denominations in our world. I won't mention his name, because this post is not about it - but it's just an example that strong hierarchies, control, titles or fame etc. can't protect anybody from sinning. A strong relationship with Jesus Christ himself is the best protection. Some say that you can't control people, and make sure they don't fall into sin or heresies in non-hierachical churches, like #housechurches but there is no Biblical proof for that idea. If Jesus Christ is the head of His Church (instead of a dominant leader), and Lord of our lives, things will fall into place. The book Reimagining Church by Frank Viola, focuses a lot on what the Bible says about leadership. A leader serves the people. The most common picture of the ekklesia is family (sisters, brothers), and leadership is being fathers and mothers.
Still a lot of snow left, even if the temperature is on the melting side. People are still skiing in my village. Feels more like springtime in the city (9 kilometers from home). They even arranged a downhill competition for children today.
Swedish-speaking Finn from Finland. Wife, mother of one boy (2008). Teaching special education at the local university. I belive that the Organic Church/House Church is the NT way of doing Church. I'm interested in what's going on in the underground Church and I pray for the persecuted Christians.
Joined Jul 2020
