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
"What critical thinkers endured during covid."
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CmUD8qFJpVd/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas! A beautiful day after several gray days. Our winters don't look like this every day. Next wind will blow the snow off the trees. We have daylight for 4-5 hours a day this time of the year, so I had to sneak out at lunchtime as I worked from home today.
I loved this interview by @sinbach on the Back to Jerusalem podcast, about struggling with mental health issues as a Christian. It's so common, but unfortunately many don't get proper help in the Christian community, because there is a lack of understanding. In addition one might be blamed for unconfessed sins, disobedience or other things. Sometimes it's just about brain chemistry, or living in this fallen world with all of its challenges or childhood traumas. When it comes to the brain and physiological reasons for depression (not spiritual or psychological, that can be the case), it's a reality for instance because of lack of light and vitamin D, as here in the Nordic countries. It's called SAD, seasonal affective disorder. On the latitude where I live we have too little light and sunshine for 6 months, both for the skin to produce vit D, and for the brain chemistry to function well thanks to the light that passes through the eyes (yes, this is science).
https://open.spotify.com/episode/77nIMre0FFkWH5vzPVdhhC?si=yZlgIQSoT7Klzcw6M0ZRLw&utm_source=copy-link
We're getting snow at last. Looks like a black and white picture, but it's not. It's just the weather and the landscape.
Climate communism in both Europe and America. This is tyranny. https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cl2AqBTNK3h/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
We celebrate Independence day in Finland, today, Dec 6th. Finland got independence from Russia in 1917, after a century under their rule. Sweden had to give away their eastern part, namely Finland, in 1809, because they lost a war against Russia. Sweden was formed as a nation state in the 12th century, and Finland (that wasn't a nation and had very few inhabitants) was incorporated. So we were not oppressed by Sweden, but we were Sweden. Almost 700 years of being a part of Sweden, explains why people like me still speak Swedish in Finland. Unfortunately we have endured several wars during the 20th century. The pictures are from WW2.
My dilemma as well... But American accent is the easiest for me to pronounce.
Have a blessed 2nd Sunday of Advent! We have had below freezing point for weeks already, but very little snow. It's -5°C and this is the lightest it gets by noon, as the sun barely rises above the horizon and we have darkness for 20 hours a day. It's the opposite around midsummer.
Alexandra Gucci (born in the Gucci dynasty) speaks bravely about the sexual abuse she experienced in her family growing up. Now she is an advocate for children to protect them against sexual abuse and exploitation.
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CiTG1qgg4Lb/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
This woman was so brainwashed with wokeism in college, that her mom contacted a cult specialist!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Clj3-ZjtFFp/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
I agree with this instagrammer that Swedish, Norwegian and Danish are very closely related. As a Swedish speaker I understand Norwegian almost perfectly, and I understand Danish better written than spoken, because the pronunciation is quite unclear compared to Norwegian. It's more unusual that Scandinavians communicate in English than using our mother tongues. Especially Norwegians are good at understanding Swedish and Danish. They watch Swedish television, and they are used to different dialects. Most people (not even Swedes or Finns) don't know that in the area where I live in Finland there are people who speak very old Swedish (!) dialects, even older than most Swedish dialects in Sweden. These dialects have lots of similarities with some Norwegian dialects, and even some similarities with Icelandic, which is one of the oldest Nordic languages.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkBajIHIoIL/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
We went to an old day Christmas market in a neighboring village, where they have an open-air museum. As you can see we don't have much snow yet.
THE TOP TEN DEADLIEST NATIONS TO BE A CHRISTIAN
https://backtojerusalem.com/the-top-ten-most-deadly-nations-to-be-a-christian/
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
