When someone read that verse to me in the hospital, I replied, “Is that so? You mean that obnoxious jerk at the medical clinic who sits by the elevator...

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01.07.2025

God with a Flannel | Joni and Friends

Recently a friend of mine had to stay in a hospital for two weeks. When I asked him what the most difficult part was about his long hospitalization...

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30.06.2025

When Pain is Too Much | Joni and Friends

Charles Spurgeon lived with great pain; he wrote, “Some pain can be endured, but there is a sharp, nauseating pain that pushes into the very core of our...

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29.06.2025

God Sings | Joni and Friends

When my heart is restless and my soul is downcast, I often surround myself with the calming strains of a favorite hymn...

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28.06.2025

The African Queen | Joni and Friends

The queen of Sheba had serious questions about God and his ways and his will. Not content to sit on her questions, she set out on a spiritual quest that took...

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27.06.2025

Courage | Joni and Friends

After more than four decades of quadriplegia, I'm tired. My bones are weary from battling everything from pressure sores and pneumonia to stage III cancer...

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26.06.2025

Language of Love | Joni and Friends

June is the month of romance, but my husband’s language of love doesn’t include romantic walks under the moonlight, holding hands. Ken doesn’t...

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26.06.2025

God’s Love, Mercy, and Healing for Angello | Joni and Friends

Angello was just four when he climbed a tree, laughing with his friends. Before his usual bright smile could fade, he was falling...

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25.06.2025

A Heart that won’t Quit | Joni and Friends

For the fourth time yesterday I needed to be lifted out of my wheelchair and laid down on the office sofa. Shallow breathing and skyrocketing...

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25.06.2025

Joni’s House Provided New Hands and Hope for Aakash | Joni and Friends

In the remote hill districts of Asia, people with disabilities often go unseen, their needs unmet and injuries untreated. For 37-year-old Aakash, poverty...

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24.06.2025

At War with Spirits | Joni and Friends

The problem with superstition in our age is not its force but its perceived folly. There are too many who laugh at the thought of evil spirits...

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23.06.2025

Did The Americans With Disabilities Act Really Guarantee Change? | Joni and Friends

When I was a member of the National Council on Disability in the late 1980s, our group helped draft what became the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)...

Joni and Friends Blog

23.06.2025

Winning the Battle | Joni and Friends

Ephesians chapter 6 says to “Put on the full armor of God.” And there’s a good reason. Every day is a fierce battle against the enemy. And he never lets up...

Joni and Friends Blog

22.06.2025

Life is Hard | Joni and Friends

Sometimes life seems to be one long, unending string of trials. What words of encouragement does the apostle have for us? “You know quite well that we...

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21.06.2025

The Real Thing | Joni and Friends

In the advertising world, Coca-Cola will always be known as the “real thing.” And I agree. On a hot, blistery afternoon, nothing quenches my...

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20.06.2025

Who Are the Elect? | Joni and Friends

How do you know if you’re saved? I’ve met Christians who, even after years of walking with the Lord, occasionally lack assurance of salvation...

Joni and Friends Blog

19.06.2025

Clean Air | Joni and Friends

God’s people breathe cleaner air. And they’re healthier because of it. That’s what Nehemiah learned while he and a handful of Israelites...

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18.06.2025

The Bread of Adversity | Joni and Friends

God wants to refine you. Your trial is refining. He will be true to Isaiah 48:10, “See, I have refined you, though not as silver...

Joni and Friends Blog

17.06.2025

All is Well | Joni and Friends

Sometimes a good story says it all, like this one by Robert Louis Stevenson. The scene? A raging storm at sea. The story? The passengers in the ship...

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17.06.2025

He Wrote the Book | Joni and Friends

In Genesis 50, verse 20, it says that God intends suffering for a good purpose. And that purpose is “for the saving of many lives.” Whether...

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16.06.2025

All Things for Good: A Father’s Faith in God’s Plan | Joni and Friends

If you ask Chris about his younger son Kendall (who turns 30 this year), he will tell you that he lights up the room wherever he goes...

Joni and Friends Blog

15.06.2025

Grace: God’s Initiative | Joni and Friends

First, the master offered free food and drinks to his invited guests, but everyone RSVP’d with regrets and excuses. That made the master angry...

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14.06.2025

A Seat at the Banquet | Joni and Friends

The Gospel sounds like a tragedy: Die to yourself and you’ll live. Salvation sounds like bad news: We are not saved because we are brave, clean, and reverent...

Joni and Friends Blog

13.06.2025

Pleasure | Joni and Friends

Pleasurable things give delight and satisfaction to the soul. Pleasure is found lying under an oak tree on a windy day, with the cool grass beneath...

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12.06.2025

The Beautiful Friendship Behind Kathren’s Cloud: A True Story of Love and Faith | Joni and Friends

There was a time when I spent hours every week at the easel, painting and sketching. I did it for enjoyment, but I also pushed myself to improve...

Joni and Friends Blog

12.06.2025

Red Flag! | Joni and Friends

This verse sounds an alarm! And there’s a good reason for that red flag. It’s meant to instill awesome respect and holy fear for the Lord. For God...

Joni and Friends Blog

11.06.2025

True Service | Joni and Friends

Sometimes I hear people say that a single man has “given his elderly parent the best years of his life.” Or I hear about a mother who has sacrificed all...

Joni and Friends Blog

11.06.2025

Nick and Rachel’s Story: Love, Faith, and Serving Together | Joni and Friends

As a little girl, Rachel listened to Joni Eareckson Tada’s radio program with her mom. She remembers hearing about Family Retreat on the radio and developing...

Joni and Friends Blog

11.06.2025

Hidden Sins | Joni and Friends

During the first weeks of my paralysis, I recall my mother’s sitting at the foot of my hospital bed with a small scrub brush and bar of soap...

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11.06.2025

Faith That Never Fails | Joni and Friends

In the book of Acts, we read of that time the apostle Paul was on a ship, facing a fierce storm. The rain slashed at the sails, and waves...

Joni and Friends Blog

09.06.2025

Within the Body of Christ, a Veteran and His Family Have Discovered Healing and New Hope | Joni and Friends

Photographing frontline military missions, providing documentation for operations and strategy, Chet witnessed the horrors of war up close...

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07.06.2025

Body Parts | Joni and Friends

At a recent conference, I shared the platform with my friend Camille. Actually, she doesn’t speak. Camille is an interpreter for the deaf who often...

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06.06.2025

New Beginnings: A Family’s Transformation Through the Love of Joni and Friends Family Retreat | Joni and Friends

These are the words Paul used to describe the state of his beautiful family years ago as they rolled up—very late—to their first Joni and...

Joni and Friends Blog

06.06.2025

Get Ready | Joni and Friends

Life, as we know it, will be turned upside down when the trumpet sounds for our journey to heaven. We will have to rethink everything in light...

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05.06.2025

The Heart of Jesus | Joni and Friends

What do you think was on the Lord’s heart when he healed those who were paralyzed? When he opened the eyes of the blind? What was the Lord feeling...

Joni and Friends Blog

04.06.2025

Families with Disabilities Experience God’s Love at Family Retreat | Joni and Friends

Jennifer can recount the story like it was yesterday: how her eight-year-old daughter Tana went from healthy to fighting for her life…

Joni and Friends Blog

04.06.2025

For God so Loved the World | Joni and Friends

Gloria Hawley, a friend of mine, fell into deep anguish over the bleak prognosis of her daughter’s illness. Little Laura, it seemed, had already suffered...

Joni and Friends Blog

03.06.2025

Crown of Splendor | Joni and Friends

When Ken and I were in Russia, we befriended an old woman who cleaned the floors of our hotel lobby every day. Through an interpreter, we complimented...

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02.06.2025

Sitting…Carrying | Joni and Friends

Remember the story in Luke chapter 5 about the four friends who carried their paralyzed companion to see Jesus? Do you recall how they couldn’t squeeze...

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02.06.2025

Sacrificial Love and Long-Term Care: Living Out Christ’s Example | Joni and Friends

My friend Larry lived for over 40 years with quadriplegia. He had come to Christ shortly after his accident and his wife was able to take good care of him...

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The People you Dislike | Joni and Friends

God with a Flannel | Joni and Friends

When Pain is Too Much | Joni and Friends

God Sings | Joni and Friends

The African Queen | Joni and Friends

Courage | Joni and Friends

Language of Love | Joni and Friends

God’s Love, Mercy, and Healing for Angello | Joni and Friends

A Heart that won’t Quit | Joni and Friends

Joni’s House Provided New Hands and Hope for Aakash | Joni and Friends

At War with Spirits | Joni and Friends

Did The Americans With Disabilities Act Really Guarantee Change? | Joni and Friends

Winning the Battle | Joni and Friends

Life is Hard | Joni and Friends

The Real Thing | Joni and Friends

Who Are the Elect? | Joni and Friends

Clean Air | Joni and Friends

The Bread of Adversity | Joni and Friends

All is Well | Joni and Friends

He Wrote the Book | Joni and Friends

All Things for Good: A Father’s Faith in God’s Plan | Joni and Friends

Grace: God’s Initiative | Joni and Friends

A Seat at the Banquet | Joni and Friends

Pleasure | Joni and Friends

The Beautiful Friendship Behind Kathren’s Cloud: A True Story of Love and Faith | Joni and Friends

Red Flag! | Joni and Friends

True Service | Joni and Friends

Nick and Rachel’s Story: Love, Faith, and Serving Together | Joni and Friends

Hidden Sins | Joni and Friends

Faith That Never Fails | Joni and Friends

Within the Body of Christ, a Veteran and His Family Have Discovered Healing and New Hope | Joni and Friends

Body Parts | Joni and Friends

New Beginnings: A Family’s Transformation Through the Love of Joni and Friends Family Retreat | Joni and Friends

Get Ready | Joni and Friends

The Heart of Jesus | Joni and Friends

Families with Disabilities Experience God’s Love at Family Retreat | Joni and Friends

For God so Loved the World | Joni and Friends

Crown of Splendor | Joni and Friends

Sitting…Carrying | Joni and Friends

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