Joni and Friends Opens First International Wheelchair Restoration Center
Joni and Friends, the international disability ministry founded by Joni Eareckson Tada, recently celebrated the grand opening of its first International…
27
Oct
27
Oct
How to Help Relieve Exhaustion and Isolation for Families Living with Disability
A recent Joni and Friends survey identified respite care as the top unmet need among families living with disability. Many parents and caregivers who lack...
26
Oct
Family Retreat “Changed us from the inside out!”
Families living with disability face spiritual, emotional, and financial challenges every day. For single parents like Janet, the demands of disability can be...
25
Oct
How to Support a Family Living with Disability as a Church
People often ask why Joni and Friends uses phrases like “people living with disability” instead of simply saying “people with disabilities.” The answer is an...
20
Oct
Out of Addiction to Freedom: The Road to Recovery
By age thirty-three she had been on mission trips to forty-five countries on six continents. Her life looked purposeful and productive. But as a high...
19
Oct
Introducing People with Disabilities to “The God Who Sees”
Chris was born with a condition called osteogenesis imperfecta, which causes brittle bones. He spent his childhood in and out of hospitals. He recalls the...
18
Oct
Prisoners Gain A New Lease On Life Restoring Wheelchairs
The Joni and Friends Wheels for the World™ program provides life-changing mobility and the hope of the Gospel to people living with disability worldwide. In…
14
Oct
We See Breakthroughs of Faith Happen at Family Retreat
For Lance’s family coming to Family Retreat felt like a stretch. Lance has attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and separation anxiety. Unfamiliar...
13
Oct
Pressing On: How to Lean on Christ through Suffering
After breaking her neck in a diving accident at age seventeen, Joni faced suffering that felt unbearable and obstacles that looked insurmountable...
11
Oct
Special Needs Families are Anchored on Jesus at Family Retreat
The concept of Christ as a living anchor of the soul was most tangible for the family of Adam and Ashley Badeaux when they adopted their son Robbie, who...