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My Mayflower – Reflections

24th July 202024th July 2020 Josie McFarlane 119 Views 0 Comments Boat, digital series, History, Mayflower, reflections, story

This weekend on Saturday 25 July, Mayflower 400 is releasing the next film in the My Mayflower digital series, which

Captive in Iran: The story of Maryam Rostampour and Marziyeh Amirizadeh by Laura Nelson

16th June 202015th June 2020 Becky Wybrow 916 Views 0 Comments captive, imprisoned, Iran, Laura Nelson, Life, Maryam Rostampour, Marziyeh Amirizade, story, war

Born in Iran to Muslim families, Marziyeh and Maryam were both desperately seeking for the truth and meaning for their

Seeing Jesus From The East

3rd May 20206th May 2020 Josie McFarlane 717 Views 0 Comments author, book, Faith, God, History, Jesus, Religion, story, The Bible

Book Summary In Seeing Jesus from the East, Ravi Zacharias and Abdu Murray take a fresh look at Jesus with

Former African Asylum Seeker pens moving memoir of his stay in the UK

16th April 202013th April 2020 Josie McFarlane 421 Views 1 Comment African, Asylum Seeker, author, book, inspirational, Journey, Life, memoir, politics, release, story

Buea, Cameroon – A former African asylum seeker in the United Kingdom has authored a book titled ‘‘The Pride of

20 Black children’s books by Black authors

22nd January 202022nd January 2020 Josie McFarlane 941 Views 0 Comments Black authors, Black books, Black children, learning, literature, story, writing

I was a biracial child in the 1980s. So, growing up, there weren’t a lot of picture books that had

KTF REWIND ‘My parents told everyone I was dead’

14th January 202010th January 2020 Josie McFarlane 3956 Views 0 Comments ethnicity, Life, mixed race, Racism, story

In 1980 a baby girl was given up for adoption for being the wrong colour – she was mixed-race, her

Adoptee’s Devon racism experiences turned into musical

8th November 20197th November 2019 Josie McFarlane 551 Views 0 Comments black, Entertainment, experiences, Journey, Life, musical, Play, Racism, story

A black woman adopted as a baby by a white family has turned her childhood experiences of racism into a

‘Snow White’ gravestone on show in German museum

21st August 201920th August 2019 Josie McFarlane 716 Views 0 Comments church, Fairy-tale, Grave, History, News, Snow White, story

Once upon a time a museum in a charming old German town was given a very important, long-lost gravestone. It

A single black dad shares his heartwarming adoption story

20th June 201919th June 2019 Josie McFarlane 590 Views 0 Comments adoption, Black dad, Black parent, blessing, children, Faith, family, God, Life, Single dad, story

When I started travelling with him, people would ask me where his mother is. And it made me wonder: is

Thousands of people will gather to watch the Easter story in London

17th April 201915th April 2019 Josie McFarlane 591 Views 0 Comments community, easter, Faith, Holy week, London, story, thousands

Supported by the Mayor of London, one hundred Wintershall players bring their electric and moving portrayal of the final days

The Kenyan school which changed an American boy’s life

31st October 201828th October 2018 Josie McFarlane 767 Views 0 Comments Abell Foundation, American, Baraka school, black, business man, Chances, community, Devon Brown, East Baltimore, education, Faith, Kenya, learning, life changing, opportunity, Robert C Embry Jr, story, success

Devon Brown would have been just another statistic – one of the 486,900 black inmates in US state and federal