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 ...

Agoura Hills, CA, July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- For 35 years, the Americans with Disabilities Act has ensured legal safeguards that protect people with disabilities from discrimination in ...

(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 ...

Joni Eareckson Tada’s Advent reflection on this dark-become-light season. When I was a kid, early on Saturday mornings I would gather with neighborhood friends, and—with our parents’ permission—we ...

UKRAINE (KGO) -- As the war continues in Ukraine, there's a California-based nonprofit that is helping Ukrainians with disabilities flee to neighboring countries. It's a daring rescue that requires ...

Author and disability advocate Joni Eareckson Tada paid tribute to her longtime friend and pastor, John MacArthur, following news of his death at the age of 86, remembering him as a man who fiercely ...

It was the summer of 1967 when Joni Eareckson Tada went swimming in the Chesapeake Bay near the Bay Bridge. Joni, who had just graduated from Woodlawn High School, dove off the raft. “Immediately, my ...

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 ...

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 ...