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If you're gonna run for your life, you gotta wear the right shoes. Pre-teen shoe model Riley Mae laces up her flaming orange Sole Fire running shoes for another ad campaign - this time in Kenya, Africa! Kenya is the perfect place for runners to train, with its high elevation and encouragement from Olympic athletes. It's also a great hiding place for Riley and her Swiftriver friends from so-called enemies back in the United States - but for how long?

This is a story of the days of chivalry in England and of young Myles Falworth, son of a lord unjustly disgraced for treason, who was forced to make his fortune as best he might in the days when men seemed made of iron. How he entered the service of a powerful lord, rose to knighthood, defeated his father's old enemy in thrilling combat, and at last won the friendship of the king is told against a background of the dangerous times of the 14th century that makes them live again.

Did you know that the first people who settled on the grey-green islands of Great Britain were Black? How about that some of the Roman soldiers who invaded and even ruled Britain were Black, too? After that there were Black Tudors, Georgians and Victorians. In this easy-to-digest chronological journey through our shared history, award-winning author Atinuke brings her experience as an oral storyteller to carry listeners through the fascinating history of Black people in Britain.

Through sublime landscapes and warm images of a boy and his family, this adaptation of the beloved folk song creates a dazzling, intimate interpretation that rejoices in the connectedness of people and nature.

Sebastian und Ulfie haben Post von Open Doors bekommen. Als Ulfie darin erfährt, dass es Christen gibt, die wegen ihres Glaubens in echten Schwierigkeiten sind, reist er mit seiner Ufafamaschi in den kolumbianischen Dschungel. Dort trifft er auf Daniela, die von ihrer Familie getrennt wurde. Natürlich bietet Ulfie sofort seine Hilfe an. Zusammen machen sie sich auf den Weg durch den Dschungel. Dabei erfährt Ulfie einiges über Daniela – auch, dass ihr Vater Opfer der Guerillas wurde, weil er an Jesus glaubte. Ulfie und Daniela trauern gemeinsam über diesen Verlust und denken neu über die Geschichte von Lazarus nach.

On March 19, 2013, Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, the 266th Pope of the Catholic Church. His election to the papacy was notable in many ways. He became the first pope from the Americas, the first pope from the Southern Hemisphere, the first non-European pope in more than 1,200 years, the first Jesuit pope, and the first pope to choose the name Francis. Follow Pope Francis's journey to the papacy, from his days as a young chemist, to his studies of theology.