(RNS) — Good leaders are often told to play to their strengths and hide their weaknesses. That has never really worked for disability activist and nonprofit leader Joni Eareckson Tada. Paralyzed from ...

It’s said you should never meet your heroes. But Joni Eareckson Tada is different. I first heard Joni speak when I was 15 years old, sitting in the balcony level of the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. I ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It was the summer of 1967 when Joni Eareckson Tada went swimming in the Chesapeake Bay near the Bay Bridge. Joni, who had just ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Shelby Hintze and her friend Kayla Duganan’s daughter, Elena Gomez, 3, play with fridge magnets at her home in Salt Lake City on ...

On the C-SPAN Networks: Joni Eareckson Tada is a Founder for the Joni and Friends Ministry with two videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2002 News Conference as a Director ...

The Evangelical Council for Abuse Prevention is expanding its safety standards to help Christian churches and ministries protect persons with disabilities JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Evangelical Council ...

Jay Snellen is a wheelchair collections team leader for Joni and Friends’ “Wheels for the World” program. Joni and Friends is an organization that evangelizes to and serves people with disabilities ...

In her book, A Place of Healing, author Joni Eareckson Tada reflects on "normal": "Relief from chronic pain—even though I remain paralyzed—would be blissfully, peacefully, joyously 'normal' for me ...

Agoura Hills, CA, Feb. 05, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The international disability ministry Joni and Friends is pleased to announce that Pastor Shawn Thornton has been selected as its new President. He ...

Question: How best can one insult and undermine people with abilities that differ from the norm? Answer: Refer to them by their impairment. No, this is not a performative woke comment, it’s basic ...