Where is God When Life Hurts? Guests Joni Eareckson Tada and Dr. Michael Easley are no strangers to pain and suffering. Joni has spent nearly 50 years in a wheelchair while Michael has endured numerous back surgeries and lives with chronic pain. In Where is God When Life Hurts?, Joni and Michael explain how they have learned to trust God in the midst of their suffering and how they continue to believe in Him as a good and loving Father.