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21 Aug

New Crayons

By Joni and Friends|2025-06-12T10:05:34-07:00August 21, 2015|News|

Do you have brand new crayons just waiting for school to start? Well, if you want to make sure they will work for your homework and art assignments, pull them ...

21 Aug

New Effort to Legalize Physician-Assisted Suicide

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-21T00:00:00-07:00August 21, 2015|News|

This past July, the California state assembly struck down AB 128, a bill that would have allowed doctors to prescribe lethal doses of drugs to mentally competent, terminally ill patients. ...

20 Aug

Reflections from a Vocational Intern

By Joni and Friends|2024-08-07T08:41:41-07:00August 20, 2015|News|

by Danielle Ledoux Last summer, I arrived at Joni and Friends as a vocational intern with one goal in mind: receive college credit for a two-week writing internship with Joni ...

20 Aug

Dig Out Your Pond

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-20T00:00:00-07:00August 20, 2015|News|

Every summer, the spring rains filled the pond on our Maryland farm with a lot of mud, and it needed to be cleaned out. The neat thing is, more earth ...

19 Aug

Joni’s Favorite Verse: John 14:2-3

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-19T00:00:00-07:00August 19, 2015|Uncategorized|

Here at Kids’ Corner, we’ve discovered that Joni has lots of favorite verses. Are you ready to learn about another one? It is John 14:2-3. It says, “There are many ...

18 Aug

Don Bania – An Awesome Volunteer

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-18T00:00:00-07:00August 18, 2015|News|

I always enjoy connecting with other quadriplegics who love Christ and are energized by a good challenge. Take my longtime friend, Don Bania. Don and his wife, Mary, help collect ...

17 Aug

My Job Helps Others… Church Relations Supervisor

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-17T00:00:00-07:00August 17, 2015|News|

Thank you for joining us today for another “My Job Helps Others” interview. Today we are interviewing Mr. Dobes. Read on to find out about how his job helps others! ...

16 Aug

The Glory Gap

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-16T00:00:00-07:00August 16, 2015|News|

Have you ever wondered how you might bring glory to God in your everyday routines? Routines that, well… can be stressful or difficult? Well, there is a way. Think about ...

14 Aug

Coach Wooden

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-14T00:00:00-07:00August 14, 2015|News|

Coach John Wooden led the UCLA Bruins to 10 NCAA basketball championships. My husband Ken and I got to know Coach Wooden; he was such a wonderfully humble Christian. At ...

13 Aug

Wheelchairs to Tanzania

By Joni and Friends|2015-08-13T00:00:00-07:00August 13, 2015|News|

Lisa Miehl serves as my executive assistant at Joni and Friends, and recently she went to Tanzania on a missions trip. I asked if she would be willing to do ...