Weak Woman, Strong God
After three bouts with aggressive cancer Dr. Jean Sutherland can answer this question from personal experience. While multiple surgeries and rounds of...
3
Nov
31
Oct
Ian’s Perfect Gift: Mobility Wrapped in the Gospel
Four-year-old Ian from El Salvador was born prematurely. Lack of oxygen at birth caused his brain injury, leaving him with cerebral palsy. His mother Fatima recalls: “When I saw him ...
31
Oct
Skipping Like Calves
My quadriplegia can feel so confining. I can’t walk; use my hands. I sit in a wheelchair… And sometimes all the restrictions feel so “limiting.” But there’s...
28
Oct
Wheels for the World Brings Help and Hope to Brazil
On a Joni and Friends Wheels for the World™ trip to Brazil, our team from Texas met a three-year-old girl named Lunna. They learned that Lunna almost...
27
Oct
Joni and Friends Opens First International Wheelchair Restoration Center
Joni and Friends, the international disability ministry founded by Joni Eareckson Tada, recently celebrated the grand opening of its first International…
27
Oct
How to Help Relieve Exhaustion and Isolation for Families Living with Disability
A recent Joni and Friends survey identified respite care as the top unmet need among families living with disability. Many parents and caregivers who lack...
26
Oct
Family Retreat “Changed us from the inside out!”
Families living with disability face spiritual, emotional, and financial challenges every day. For single parents like Janet, the demands of disability can be...
25
Oct
How to Support a Family Living with Disability as a Church
People often ask why Joni and Friends uses phrases like “people living with disability” instead of simply saying “people with disabilities.” The answer is an...
24
Oct
Rejoicing in Insults
Persecution in our society is more subtle than in other parts of the world, but still, people here snub Christians. But don’t let it get you down, be...
20
Oct
Out of Addiction to Freedom: The Road to Recovery
By age thirty-three she had been on mission trips to forty-five countries on six continents. Her life looked purposeful and productive. But as a high...
