Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. Lately I’ve wondered why I haven’t heard from Barbara who often keeps me updated on her daughter April who is spinal cord injured and uses a ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and when my disability starts to encroach, when my quadriplegia feels like too much, and if my wheelchair is overwhelming; when the pain increases, the temptation for me is to avoid it, escape it, ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and you should know that when you do God’s will, it’ll invariably involve suffering. But you should also know that suffering while doing God’s will, is the ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. And, you know, none of us willingly invites suffering into our lives. It’s not in our nature to choose affliction. Nobody says, “Oh, yes, I want cancer, or I ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and recently I was at a restaurant with friends, and we all ordered really fattening desserts. And that sparked a fat joke, and then another, and that’s when I piped up, “Okay, enough ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and living in a wheelchair as long as I have, I’ve learned that God has charged me to steward my suffering well. God expects me to respond to my suffering in a responsible way, knowing ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. The Bible makes clear that when God comforts us in our troubles, we are to pass on that comfort to others who are struggling. And I know one thing’s ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada, and the book of Revelation pictures that wonderful moment when the risen Christ receives the thunderous applause and praise of all the saints and angels. It’s a ...

Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada. Recently I was hospitalized with heart and lung problems related to my paralysis. For two weeks, my husband Ken camped out on a cot next to my hospital bed. I kept urging him to go home ...