Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope

Joni Eareckson Tada

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August 26, 2020

As Joni celebrates the milestone of 10,000 radio programs, she talks to Al Sanders, her original co-host and creator of the “Joni and Friends” radio program. Listen in to learn why Al thought Joni should be on the radio!

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Joni continues her conversation with her producer, as she celebrates 10,000 radio programs this week. She rejoices in the many ways that the program has offered hope through hardship, prompted participation in a Joni and Friends outreach, and educated listeners on disability issues. Praise God for the power of radio!
August 25, 2020
Joni kicks off a week of celebration as she approaches her 10,000th radio program! Join her as she reminisces with her producer about how it all started, 38 years ago.
August 24, 2020
God has given you a sphere of influence – a workplace, school, home, neighborhood – where you can help shape the thoughts, actions and decisions of others. He wants to reach others through you! Steward your sphere of influence well, helping those around you seek and find the Lord.
August 21, 2020
If you are in a dark place, remember that God's dealings with you are always good! He will never leave you. He will pour out grace and give you hope. His promises will preserve your life. Keep looking up!
August 20, 2020
It is good for our souls to be sensitive to the sin in our lives and confess it to the Lord. Knowing and confessing our sin provides the opportunity to receive abundant mercy and compassionate grace from the Lord. For the multitude of our sins, God has a multitude of mercies!
August 19, 2020
What do you do when you feel dry and lifeless? Cry out to the Lord! He wants to revive you and lift your spirits. Sing songs to your Savior! Praise him for who he is and all he has done for you. Your energy, power and joy will return as you sing and cry out to God.
August 18, 2020
God does not promise a life free of hardship. But he does promise to bring you through those hardships. Keep trusting God and coming to him with your fears, needs, and weaknesses. He is with you and you will get through!
August 17, 2020
Visit Joni's Facebook page!
August 14, 2020
Download Sally's poem at joniradio.org.
August 13, 2020
If we want a life that is vital and alive in Christ, we must actively pursue him. We cannot serve two masters, so we must consciously choose to say “yes” to Jesus and “no” to the world and its distractions. Run the race in such a way as to get the prize!
August 12, 2020
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The Beatitudes
Find out what Jesus says about true happiness and blessedness in the Beatitudes. The beatitudes aren’t commands on how to live—they are illustrations of what living for God looks like. From meekness to purity, enjoy digging deeper into the meaning and practical application of each beatitude as you go line-by-line through Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount.

About Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope

Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope is a broadcast ministry of Joni and Friends committed to bringing the Gospel and practical help to people impacted by disability around the world. Joni and Friends has been advancing disability ministry for over 40 years. Their mission to glorify God, communicate the Gospel and mobilize the global church to evangelize, disciple and serve people living with disability answers the call found in Luke 14 to “bring in the poor, the crippled, the blind and the lame… so that my house will be full.”

About Joni Eareckson Tada

Paralyzed as the result of a diving accident at age 17, Joni Eareckson Tada envisions a world where every person with a disability finds hope, dignity, and their place in the body of Christ. As the Founder and CEO of Joni and Friends, she is known worldwide as an author, speaker, disability rights advocate and radio personality. Her 10,000 radio programs are broadcast across the country and around the world, inspiring listeners to realize that there is hope in every hardship.
Joni Eareckson Tada is an esteemed Christian stateswoman and respected global leader in disability advocacy. Although a 1967 diving accident left her a quadriplegic, she emerged from rehabilitation with a determination to help others with similar disabilities. Mrs. Tada serves as CEO of Joni and Friends, a Christian organization which provides programs and services for thousands of special-needs families around the world. President Reagan appointed Mrs. Tada to the National Council on Disability, then reappointed by President George H.W. Bush. During her tenure, the ADA was passed and signed into law. Mrs. Tada served as advisor to Condoleezza Rice on the Disability Advisory Committee to the U.S. State Department. She served as Senior Associate for Disability Concerns for the Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization. The Colson Center on Christian Worldview awarded Joni Tada its prestigious William Wilberforce Award, and she was also inducted into
Indiana Wesleyan University’s Society of World Changers. 
Joni Eareckson Tada has been awarded several honorary degrees, including Doctor of Humanities from Gordon College and Doctor of Divinity from Westminster Theological Seminary. She is an effective communicator, sharing her inspirational message in books, through artwork, radio, and other media. Joni Tada served as General Editor of the Beyond Suffering Bible, a special edition published by Tyndale for people affected by disability. Joni and her husband Ken were married in 1982 and reside in Calabasas, California.

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