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
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/
In the Nordic countries we love to joke about one another. 🇧🇻 🇩🇰 🇫🇮🇸🇪 🇮🇸
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Ck-sppZDcty/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=
Listen and learn about what's going on in Iran! These two Christian Iranian women tell (in English) about things that you don't hear in mainstream media. Despite all killings, they are hopeful. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6iR3BC0vCNgd90wvsXSQjW?si=abmjyceHRtOeifChE2y-PQ&utm_source=native-share-menu
Evolution of kantele (Finnish harp). Ida Elina is so talented.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mjEIQOVdnw
For appr. 15 years I’ve been longing for a more NT way of doing church, and was excited when I discovered books about it. But where I live most Christians are more concerned about traditions and to be faithful to their relatives (who often belong to the same church), than abut seeking the truth. Yesterday I was asked for the first time in all these years if I want to teach on the topic of Organic Church/House Church, and it made my happy! It was in a home group we joined a year ago, with other unvaxxed – not because we felt superior, but because we were excluded from the rest of society. They even implemented covid passports for a while.
I share some PPT slides with English quotes, and books that I recommend on this topic (there are many more books, but I own these). I included BTJ books by @sinbach in the list – not that they explicitly teach about house church, but they show examples of people who gather in underground house churches, even if they might not know that it's Biblical.
I have heard no apologies, from anybody (social media friends, relatives, authorities, companies, politicians etc) in Finland yet. Are they too proud, or do they still believe the official narrative? 🤔
"President Niinistö: Finland has no intention of siting nuclear arms on its territory" (I really hope it's true... )
https://yle.fi/news/3-12673743
Sunday evening 'hygge'. The days are already short and dark, and it's getting colder outside.
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
