KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Joni Eareckson Tada is a woman of many talents. She’s a bestselling author, an acclaimed artist, and an internationally known advocate for people with disabilities.

(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 ...

Over 30 years have passed since Tada (Diamonds in the Dust; More Precious Than Silver) became a quadriplegic as the result of a diving accident. Tada, who has inspired both the able-bodied and ...

KIM LAWTON, correspondent: Before cancer, Joni Eareckson Tada lived an extremely busy life. One of the longest surviving quadriplegics on record, she led an international Christian ministry for people ...

She sits down in a standup world. “I often feel alone in that regard,” said Joni Eareckson Tada, author, artist and international advocate for people with disabilities. A quadriplegic in a wheelchair, ...

Joni Eareckson Tada, a well-known Christian writer and quadriplegic, is the voice behind this year's biggest Oscar upset, the song "Alone Yet Not Alone" from the film of the same name. She talks about ...

As part of a week-long chapel emphasis on “Different, Not Less Than,” Bethel welcomed Joni Eareckson Tada on March 28. Tada was injured in a diving accident at age 17, leaving her a quadriplegic, and ...

Update (November 19, 2018): Joni Eareckson Tada has asked for prayer as she faces cancer for a second time. The 69-year-old Christian author and advocate will undergo surgery next Monday, November 26, ...

As a mini-controversy develops about an Oscar-nominated song from a microbudget Christian film called Alone Yet Not Alone that few people saw, the singer, Joni Eareckson Tada, is confessing that she’s ...

Having been raised by a mother with a traumatic brain injury, Shawn has a personal connection to the mission of disability ministry. · GlobeNewswire Inc. Reaching the World Joni and Friends programs ...

HUNTSVILLE, AL -- A few years ago, Joni Eareckson Tada, who turns 61 this month, really started suffering. This was before her June diagnosis with breast cancer. And most people - and Tada herself for ...

The 71-year-old ministry leader, who is quadriplegic and at risk, is in “bright spirits” and receiving antibodies treatment. Since the pandemic begin, Joni Eareckson Tada’s ministry has been offering ...