Joni Eareckson Tada: Sharing Hope

Joni Eareckson Tada

Wheelchairs in Heaven

May 5, 2021

If you use a wheelchair, walker or cane, consider it a gift from God. It may be a gift you would not have chosen, but allow it to remind you that in your weakness, he is strong!

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“If God can heal me, why won’t He?” How do we navigate that agonizing distance between such a magnificent yes and such a heartbreaking no? Here, Joni takes you with her on an intimate journey through foundational questions about healing, suffering, pain, and hope.

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In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, Joni is sharing a story about her friend Emily and a very special teacher. Is there a great teacher in your life you can thank today?
May 4, 2021
Joni is celebrating 39 years of sharing hope on the radio! Follow her example, and share with others how God has blessed and encouraged you in the midst of hardship. Don’t keep it to yourself! Testify to his goodness and grace in your life.
May 3, 2021
It is not our natural tendency to slow down and appreciate what God is doing right now. We like to know what’s coming next! But contentment comes as we live life one day at a time – keeping in step with the Spirit and trusting that God knows the future.
April 30, 2021
Joy is a courageous mother who selflessly donated her son’s wheelchair so that another child could be blessed. Her son Kekoa’s joyful spirit will live on in the legacy of his wheelchair. Joni and Friends loves to share the gift of mobility, giving hope to families around the world!
April 29, 2021
When reaching out to someone who is hurting or grieving, point them to the Savior. As the Man of Sorrows, acquainted with grief and pain, Jesus reaches where no one else can reach. Only he can heal the deepest hurts of the heart.  
April 28, 2021
In Elijah’s time of weariness and hopelessness, the Lord sent an angel to minister to him. Similarly, God provides you with rest, strength and gentle encouragement through the faithful Christian friends he has placed in your life. Thank him for the friends who minister to you in your time of need, and then consider how you can be an encouraging friend to someone else.
April 27, 2021
April is National Poetry Month, and Joni is sharing an original poem in honor of her husband. Journey with her on a trip to the Madison River! Download her poem at joniradio.org.
April 26, 2021
Everything, good or bad, is under God’s sovereign control. Nothing is too small or insignificant for his care and attention, including mildew! Praise God today for working out everything in your life according to his sovereign purposes.
April 23, 2021
The Master Gardener trims and cuts every branch so that it will bear fruit. Though painful, welcome the Gardener’s pruning in your life. You will reap a rich harvest of endurance, courage, patience, hope and joy!
April 22, 2021
Have you ever noticed how often Jesus’s arrival at his destination was delayed or sidetracked by someone in need? Lives were always changed when Jesus was “late.” God’s best plans are often hidden in what seems like an interruption. Be open to the detour God may have for your schedule today!
April 21, 2021
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A Place of Healing
“If God can heal me, why won’t He?” How do we navigate that agonizing distance between such a magnificent yes and such a heartbreaking no? Here, Joni takes you with her on an intimate journey through foundational questions about healing, suffering, pain, and hope.

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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