Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope

Joni Eareckson Tada

The Witwer Family

January 30, 2009
This program tells the story of Dale and Alisha's hardships, but how they rely on the joy of the Lord as their strength.

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Joni shares the importance of intervening in the lives of others, even if it is a one--way conversation as she had with her friend, Linda Welt.
January 29, 2009
Joni shares how she is encouraged by her quadriplegic friend, Lynn Wheeler.
January 28, 2009
Joni tells a wonderful story about Lieutenant Nunez, a double amputee, "breakdancing" at the Wounded Warrior Getaway.
January 27, 2009
Joni sings the hymn, "My Faith Looks Up to Thee" and encourages deep study of Scripture.
January 26, 2009
Joni shares her Spanish tract and the importance of reaching all people, you're your neighborhood Spanish--speakers, for Christ.
January 23, 2009
Nick Vujicic is a young evangelist with no arms and no legs. On a recent trip to Liberia, Nick was speaking to a crowd and was shown an armless baby. By praying over the baby, the crowd realized that the baby, just like Nick, had value just as she was.
January 22, 2009
Evangelism can be done in a number of ways, but Joni challenges listeners to simply take advantage of any situation to say something that can point people to Jesus.
January 21, 2009
Joni shares a great medical advancement with induced pluripotent stem cells. Rather than killing life to harvest embryonic cells, adult stems cell can be engineered to act as embryonic stem cells.
January 20, 2009
Sometimes we overlook people in our own backyard. Joni shares a story of her local outreach using her Spanish tract.
January 19, 2009
Diane is the mother of Skyler, who is profoundly disabled with CP and is deaf and blind. Skyler requires around--the--clock intensive care, so Diane was and Diane has learned that carrying such a load can only be done in the strength of Jesus. Because of Diane's own served as the leader of Joni and Friends' Woman--to--Woman group at the west coast Family Retreat.
January 16, 2009
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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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