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4 Nov

Heartfelt, Hands-On Help

By Joni Eareckson Tada|2026-01-06T10:45:25-08:00November 4, 2020|Joni's Posts|

When it comes to disability, you’ve got to be up-close and personal. A disability, fraught with needs, cries out for practical support, and that’s something...

4 Nov

40 Weeks Being The Hands And Feet of Jesus

By Joni and Friends|2024-02-19T10:37:56-08:00November 4, 2020|Inspiration, Stories|

When COVID-19 put a halt to sending teams overseas, God brought forth a whole new way to serve called 40 Weeks. Working with essential in-country healthcare providers, we’re spending one day a week for 40 weeks to ...

3 Nov

Where’s Your Hope?

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-13T13:54:42-07:00November 3, 2020|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and I think my favorite book in the New Testament is Philippians. When I first studied it, I was fascinated to learn that Philippians is ...

2 Nov

Stand In The Gap

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-15T10:14:56-07:00November 2, 2020|4-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I'm Joni Eareckson Tada and I hope you’re ready to pray. Welcome to this special, pre-election day edition of Joni and Friends. Tomorrow, we elect our nation’s leaders, and ...

2 Nov

A Wise Warning

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-13T13:54:42-07:00November 2, 2020|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and sometimes when my husband Ken asks me to do something for him, he’ll repeat it. And maybe he’ll repeat it two or three times. ...

1 Nov

Encouraging Others

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-13T13:54:42-07:00November 1, 2020|1-Minute Radio Program|

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and let me share about a special family from Family Retreat. Their names are Jim and Janet. They were in a horrible car accident in ...

30 Oct

Disability in Mission through Technology

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-15T10:04:33-07:00October 30, 2020|Disability in Mission|

How can technology improve the way that people with disabilities participate in the mission field? I think I and my coworkers have found several ways. My name is Kim-Fu Lim. ...

29 Oct

Disability and Belonging

By Joni and Friends|2023-11-07T13:18:50-08:00October 29, 2020|For the Church, Podcast|

Everyone needs community, a place to fully belong and share our gifts with others. But loneliness, especially exaggerated by the isolation of COVID-19...

28 Oct

Why Sea Otters Hold Hands and Why the Church Needs to Know

By Joni and Friends|2023-11-07T13:20:11-08:00October 28, 2020|For the Church|

Every night, before going to bed, sea otters do two things. They find a seaweed or kelp forest to bed in and they find their mate’s paw. As they fall asleep...

23 Oct

On Mission to a Pygmy Community

By Joni and Friends|2023-08-15T10:02:24-07:00October 23, 2020|Disability in Mission|

"Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything ...