Church outing

Went to Raseborg with my church this weekend. Nice weather, wonderful people, beautiful accommodations (Sjömansro) – and I even got to play pidron!             

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I have seen the future

If there were more guys in church… Instead of the very thin version of the Bible that preachers like to carry around, they would all have iphones. You just insert a search word and the Bible verse you’re looking for will automatically pop up. This is the case at our church’s mini conference where my [...]

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Let’s play the game of…

…what’s on your kitchen table? My table is 70x70cm big, and on it you’ll find: Papers from three chocolate bars Papers from two daim bars A jar of flour A jar of sugar A strainer A set of keys Two recipes for the food I’m going to make this weekend A couple of eggplants An empty [...]

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metallmässa

hur sketans kul är det inte att gå på metallmässa Nu tycker jag att alla ska gå in på metallmässans myspace sida och få den årliga dosen av luthersk liturgi!

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På tal om svenska

Varje dag publicerar Husis en liten notis från 20 år sedan. Den 6e november 1989 intervjuades Jörn Donner med anledning av Svenska dagen. Han sa bland annat: “En god finlandssvensk är en person som talar både svenska och finska. Bor man i Finland måste man behärska majoritetens språk, fastän man råkar vara en minoritetsrepresentant själv. [...]

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God works in mysterious ways

So I have to admit that when I moved to Turku I was quite tired. Church tired that is. And not tired from going to church but from all the responsibility I had in my church. The last year in Helsinki I had been: coordinator for the Action festival, head-dishwasher for Women’s brunch, leader of [...]

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Action and old friends

So this weekend it was time for the annual Action festival at my old church. And of course I went! Beautiful people and music by Hillsong Stockholm and Fila’s own band. Plus Andreas Forsberg with band, who was forcing everyone he saw to buy his new CD. And I even saw my cousin’s daughter Elin! Either [...]

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André&Sofia

The second wedding of the summer took place on the 25th of July at Sion church in Vasa where my cousin André wed his lovely Sofia. (André is my younger cousin from my mother’s side)                                              Such a talented group of people at this wedding as well. Both the bride’s and [...]

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Andreas&Monica

The first wedding of the summer took place 6th of June at Sundom church where my cousin Andreas and his lovely Monica said their “I do”. (Andreas is my younger cousin from my father’s side)                               The family band with Andreas’ sister on keyboard, his brother on base, his nephew on trumpet [...]

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Midsummer

Celebrated midsummer in Helsinki this year. I think it was a first. And even though I’ve been living in the city for like 6 years it was the first time that I visited Svartholmen as well! Svartholmen is where my church has its campsite. It’s four mold infested buildings + a sauna + an outdoor [...]

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Saturday in Pictures

Wonderful and very tiring day. Spent the morning at our church’s Women’s brunch. And the afternoon washing up after the brunch, together with the lovely Mikaela and Sofie – and some other women as well The evening was spent at Tiina and Marie’s place, discussing the importance of doing research, the pain of giving birth [...]

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What to talk about while checking flies

Conversation at work: I: So why do Greek Orthodox pray to saints? V: We don’t, we only pray to the holy trinity! I: So why do you have saints then?? V: An example: Saint Nicholas is the protector of sailors. I: Ah, so they are more like angels, protecting you from things, but if you are [...]

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