How to Celebrate Thanksgiving Like Jesus: Invite the Forgotten
What’s on your Thanksgiving menu this year? A lineup of classic dishes? Or some experiments: pumpkin-sage mashed sweet potatoes or turducken...
27
Nov
17
Nov
The Prism Awards Recognize Joni and Friends for Outstanding Work
A little boy smiling from ear-to-ear while he’s surrounded by a group of friends might seem like no big deal. But for Chisomo, a 10-year-old boy...
10
Nov
“I Hate Sundays”: Why Disabled Families Are Absent from Church and What We Can Do to Start Welcoming them Back
Sometimes, I hate Sundays. A pastor making this statement requires some explanation: I’m an Army Chaplain, a pastor for 17 years, having served at churches...
31
Oct
Jesus, the Light of Life, Shines Through Hardship for Melvin and Ruth
Ruth has always turned to Jesus when shame, rejection, and hardship press in. At age thirteen she had both legs amputated because of a genetic condition...
29
Oct
How to Truly Enjoy Life: Biblical Insights on Joy and Enjoyment
People seem so unhappy. Do you enjoy life? What is true enjoyment, and how can we find it? Sadly, many people reach the end of life unsure...
28
Oct
How Faith and Love Are Changing Disability Mission in Haiti
After graduating from a Christian university in Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti, Alfreno Dufrene moved back to Gonaives, Haiti, to pursue an internship...
17
Oct
Bringing New Life and Hope Through the Gospel and Wheelchair
At our Wheels for the World® in Mexico, this is just a taste of what one our team learned about Donavan as he got custom-fitted in a wheelchair...
10
Oct
One Unforgettable Week That Transformed a Family’s Life
When Victoria brought her daughter, Taliyah, to their first Joni and Friends Family Retreat, she couldn’t imagine the transformation about to happen...
6
Oct
Wheels of Hope: Inmates Restore Mobility for People with Disabilities
Hundreds of like-new wheelchairs sit at the Bent County Correctional Facility in Las Animas, Colorado, waiting for a recipient. Newly restored, they are...
3
Oct
When Faith Faces the Impossible: One Family’s Fierce Love and Unshakable Hope
Jon and Lauren sat in the parking garage coming to terms with the news before heading home. Their appointment for a routine 20-week ultrasound...