Formation with John Ortberg
Formation with John Ortberg
Become New
007. Quadriplegia, Despair, and Learning to Truly Live ft. Joni Eareckson Tada
1 hour 13 minutes Posted Jul 8, 2026 at 7:00 am.
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Joni Eareckson Tada became a quadriplegic at seventeen after a diving accident that severed her spinal cord. In the nearly six decades since, she has written dozens of books, founded a global disability ministry, survived two bouts of cancer, and woken up every single morning asking Jesus to get her through the day. This is a conversation about what it means to receive suffering with both hands: the anger, the prayers that didn't get answered the way she hoped, the agony, and what gets faithf...