{"id":351,"date":"2014-11-06T18:15:41","date_gmt":"2014-11-06T18:15:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/press\/?page_id=351"},"modified":"2023-08-30T22:50:30","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T22:50:30","slug":"jo-franz","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/?page_id=351","title":{"rendered":"Jo Franz"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jo Franz<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n
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\n<\/span>www.jofranz.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span>Contact Jo:<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

jofranz@aol.com<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

BIO: <\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

Jo\u2019s passion is to inspire and teach others how to experience<\/em> God\u2019s love as their Daddy, to know Christ intimately, and soar unafraid joyfully<\/em>, no matter what happens in their lives. Her love for and dependence upon God\u2019s Word and prayer is evident in every talk\u2014whether at a retreat, conference, banquet, or church service.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jo\u2019s international audiences say her amazing devotion to the Lord and the remarkable testimony of His <\/em>grace through difficult circumstances encourages them to hunger for a heart that no stress or suffering can wear out. Jo just considers it a privilege to tell what God has done in and through her life!<\/span><\/p>\n

Because she\u2019s known a \u201cvariety of sufferings,\u201d others relate easily to Jo. Even though multiple sclerosis hit her in 1977, Jo refused to give up, and has lived a life of adventure. But she understands the heartache of betrayal and unwanted divorce. Her vulnerable teaching shows how one grows by taking responsibility and allowing the Spirit to change one\u2019s heart and communication. Her marriage to Ray in 1987 while becoming an \u201cinstant mom\u201d to his two young daughters, took her through more difficulties, physical traumas, but also more joy<\/em> than her heart can hold. She bursts with passion to share the love of Jesus with others\u2014especially since she came to know him because strangers told her about how to have a personal relationship with him at a 5 th Dimension concert, of all places! Jo\u2019s talks encourage others to know<\/em> God\u2019s love and desire for them to experience an abundant life full of courage.<\/span><\/p>\n

After hearing requests for her story in book form since 1984, Jo\u2019s memoir, Soar Unafraid: Learning to Trust No Matter What <\/em>was released in July 2007. Gary Thomas, (author of Sacred Marriage<\/em> and Sacred Influence<\/em>, in which Jo and Ray are featured) says, \u201cJo\u2019s vulnerability is a gift to Christ\u2019s Church.\u201d Readers\u2019 touching responses have come from as far away as Nigeria. Since the book\u2019s release Jo has been doing TV and radio interviews nationwide. Her stories are found in eight compilation books, and she\u2019s contributed to the writing of several others.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jo is also a certified peer counselor and inspirational speaker for the National MS Society, and was awarded the Orange County, California chapter \u201cVolunteer of the Year\u201d award in 1993.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jo Franz www.jofranz.comContact Jo: jofranz@aol.com BIO: Jo\u2019s passion is to inspire and teach others how to experience God\u2019s love as their Daddy, to know Christ intimately, and soar unafraid joyfully, no matter what happens in their lives. Her love for and dependence upon God\u2019s Word and prayer is evident in every talk\u2014whether at a retreat, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=351"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9240,"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/351\/revisions\/9240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/awsa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}