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About Joni Eareckson Tada

Joni Eareckson Tada, Founder of Joni and Friends, is an international advocate for people with disabilities. A diving accident in 1967 left Joni with permanent quadriplegia. After rehabilitation she emerged with new skills and fresh determination to help others in similar situations. She founded Joni and Friends in 1979 to minister to people living with disability. For over 40 years Joni and Friends has served thousands of families navigating disability, and has delivered over 225,000 wheelchairs and Bibles to individuals with disabilities in developing nations. Joni has survived breast cancer twice and lives with chronic pain and weakening lungs. By God’s grace Joni perseveres, keeping an active schedule, including radio recording, writing, and providing leadership and encouragement to the Joni and Friends staff. Joni and her husband Ken reside in Calabasas, California.
3 Jul

A Promise—A Means of Grace

By |2024-01-24T12:01:07-08:00July 3, 2024|Daily Devotional|

Today Ken and I celebrate our wedding anniversary. Tonight we’ll probably pull out the photo album and dine by candlelight. Maybe we’ll rummage around to find the cassette of our wedding ceremony, and we’ll listen to those tried-and-true words...

2 Jul

A Perfect Fit

By |2024-01-24T11:47:12-08:00July 2, 2024|Daily Devotional|

Sometimes you can read a verse a hundred times and then suddenly see something you never noticed before. That’s what happened when I read today’s verse in a note my friend Kim sent me. She had simply underlined the word just...

30 Jun

Out of the Spotlight

By |2024-01-24T11:13:18-08:00June 30, 2024|Daily Devotional|

It happens to me often when I speak. I wheel my chair onto the platform, eager to see those friendly smiles in the audience. But instead, I’m suddenly blinded by the painful glare of spotlights. My eyes burn and I tear up a bit...

29 Jun

The Light of the Mind

By |2024-01-24T11:04:03-08:00June 29, 2024|Daily Devotional|

I once visited a nursing home back in New Jersey run by Marvin van Dyke, a dear Christian friend. The place was brightly lit, beautifully decorated, and very clean. The ladies in the kitchen prepared a wonderful luncheon for us, and...

28 Jun

Togetherness

By |2024-01-24T10:54:57-08:00June 28, 2024|Daily Devotional|

God will live with us; we shall live forever with him. Oh, the marvelous things we will do together with our glorious God! And with each other. Together we will rule the world and judge fallen angels. Together we will eat the fruit...

27 Jun

Imitate Who?

By |2024-01-24T10:47:42-08:00June 27, 2024|Daily Devotional|

I just got off the phone with my friend Bunny. We haven’t seen each other in ages, but I said, “Bun, you wouldn’t believe how often I think about you. For instance, I get into a situation and I say to myself, Lord, what...

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