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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.

27 May

Work to Remember

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:10-08:00May 27, 2019|Joni's Posts|

Age might contribute to failing memory, but the truth is, we’re all forgetful! God already knows this, and it's why he tells us over and over in the Bible to...

15 May

No Stranger to Suffering

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:10-08:00May 15, 2019|Joni's Posts|

I first experienced Elisabeth Elliot’s writing in 1965 when I was in high school and read her book Through the Gates of Splendor. I had no idea that after...

12 May

A Mother’s Day Longing

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:10-08:00May 12, 2019|Joni's Posts|

My mom, Lindy Eareckson, may be long-gone to heaven, but not a Mother’s Day rolls around that I don’t think about her and the ways she made our house...

11 May

The Inescapable Trap

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2023-11-14T09:14:51-08:00May 11, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and for me, sometimes joint pain in my back keeps me up at night. I’ve tried everything, and nothing’s helped. And sometimes...

10 May

Our Blind Eyes

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2023-11-14T09:10:02-08:00May 10, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and I sure do enjoy the program “Fixer-Upper” on HGTV. It’s a totally benign show about a Christian couple who fix up old houses...

9 May

The Hope Tree

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2023-11-14T09:06:41-08:00May 9, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

People cannot live without hope. Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And I’m thinking of a hopeless woman in Uganda who, every day, carries her disabled 13-year-old...

8 May

The Psalms

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2023-11-14T09:03:13-08:00May 8, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and more than five decades of life in a wheelchair has taught me not to put on a happy face when I’m hurting. I’ve been there...

7 May

Take Courage

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2023-11-14T08:58:51-08:00May 7, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada and so often, God's ways are so strange, so mysterious. Scott Hubbard said, "God rarely performs his wonders in lovely lands of...

6 May

Health Update: Back to Work

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:10-08:00May 6, 2019|Cancer Updates, Joni's Posts|

So many dear people have been calling and texting our ministry and asking, "I've been praying for Joni, and wonder how is she doing? Is Joni back to work yet...

6 May

Write the Name of Jesus

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2023-11-14T08:55:29-08:00May 6, 2019|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. Nearly ten years ago I was first diagnosed with cancer, and now I’m finishing up my 2nd battle with this disease. Another go...

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