Far from Home with Mabel Ninan
Latest Episodes
Episode 32 – Storytelling and Spiritual Formation with Jenn Suen Chen
As an Asian American and a child of immigrants, Jenns unique perspective on storytelling and spiritual formation is powerful, thought-provoking, and inspiring.
Episode 31 – Remembering Refugees with Jenny Miedema
Jesus magnanimous and unconditional love toward us can motivate us to show love and kindness to strangers in need, especially refugees.
Episode 30 – Meet Pirkko Rytkonen, A Finnish Canadian Immigrant, Part 2
Believers who're in a romantic relationship, looking to get married, must take time to know each other while seeking God's will for their relationship as well as their individual lives.
Episode 29 – Meet Pirkko Rytkonen, A Finnish Canadian Immigrant, Part 1
Pirrko Rytkonen emigrated from Finland to Canada when she was a little girl. Raised in a Christian home, her immigrant experience intersected not only with her faith journey but also her unique love s
Episode 28 – Lessons from an Untold Story in History
On todays episode, I talk with author Marie Chan about her book, Mamie Takes a Stand: The True Story of Mamie Tape, a Chinese American Girl's Fight for School Rights.
Episode 27 – Migration, God, and the Bible – With Alexis Busetti and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun
On todays episode I talk with Alexis Busetti and Dorcas Cheng-Tozun, about their latest Bible study, Migration: Experiencing God's Care for Immigrants. This conversation is timely and relevant. Its also perfect for launching a new season of the podcast
Relaunching Far from Home on Setember 9th, 2025
The podcast is officially relaunching on Tuesday, September 9th. Thank you for sticking with me.
Episode 26 – A Conversation about Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma, Part 2
Prasanta discusses the role of her personal faith journey in shaping her identity and helping hernavigate life as an ethnic minority.
Episode 25 – A Conversation About Ethnic Loneliness with Prasanta Verma, Part 1
Prasanta and I chat about the meaning of ethnic loneliness as it pertains to immigrants, assimilation, code switching, and identity negotiation.
Episode 24 – Meet Josephine Smits – A Sierra Leonean Dutch Refugee
In this episode, Josephine talks about how God helped her every step of the way, miraculously supplying the needs of the people of Sierra Leone through the Wanda Foundation.





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