Far from Home with Mabel Ninan

Far from Home with Mabel Ninan


Latest Episodes

Episode 32 – Storytelling and Spiritual Formation with Jenn Suen Chen
November 18, 2025

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
November 04, 2025

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
October 21, 2025

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
October 07, 2025

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
September 23, 2025

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
September 09, 2025

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
September 07, 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
April 23, 2024

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
April 09, 2024

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
March 26, 2024

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.