About Joni and Friends

Since 1979 Joni and Friends has committed to reaching and serving people with disabilities with practical help and the saving love of Jesus. The Joni and Friends International Disability Center in Agoura Hills, California serves as the administrative hub for ministry programs around the world. With every wheelchair and Bible delivered, every retreat and respite event held, and every church mobilized to integrate and honor people with disabilities, Joni and Friends follows the call of Jesus found in Luke 14.
15 Oct

Connect the Dots

By |2025-06-12T13:57:28-07:00October 15, 2014|News|

Do you know what today is? Here are some hints: 1) It is a special day at Joni and Friends. 2) It is a day where we will sing a ...

14 Oct

My Twitter Party is Tomorrow!

By |2025-06-12T14:13:29-07:00October 14, 2014|News|

Tomorrow, October 15, I'll be celebrating my 65th birthday – I’m happily outliving all those doom-and-gloom spinal cord injury forecasts back in 1967! So I really want to drum up praise ...

14 Oct

A Dignified Death?

By |2014-10-14T00:00:00-07:00October 14, 2014|News|

Like many, my heart broke when I recently watched Brittany Maynard's video in which she outlined her plans to die through physician-assisted suicide. No one – absolutely no one – ...

13 Oct

A Pumpkin Present

By |2024-04-24T06:01:01-07:00October 13, 2014|News|

To help celebrate my upcoming birthday, my friend Judy Squier gave me a white pumpkin with lots of heartwarming encouragements which she penned in beautiful colors! Judy included my favorite ...

13 Oct

We’re Home!

By |2023-07-13T13:09:37-07:00October 13, 2014|News|

Rainey, Careen, Kara and I left the True Woman ‘14 Conference with hearts bursting from so many blessings – the theme was “Finding Freedom, Fullness, and Fruitfulness in Christ.” I ...

12 Oct

Sunday Reflections…

By |2014-10-12T00:00:00-07:00October 12, 2014|News|

Whenever I study the Bible, I always like to keep a commentary nearby — recently I needed one while reading through the book of Exodus which described the construction of ...

11 Oct

Yosemite

By |2014-10-11T00:00:00-07:00October 11, 2014|News|

My friend and coworker, Mike Yuen and his wife Beth, recently took a camping trip to Yosemite (to celebrate his 65th birthday :-). He snapped this photo right outside their ...

10 Oct

Sexuality and Disabled Teens

By |2024-08-09T05:15:19-07:00October 10, 2014|News|

In a policy update issued two weeks ago, the American Academy of Pediatrics is advising doctors that discussions on sexuality and birth control options should be a part of routine ...

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