Owen Lecture Series featuring Rev. Dr. Shane Stanford

Owen Lectures 2026
Monday, March 23 and Tuesday, March 24, 2026 at Noon

Join us for our annual Owen Lenten Lecture Series at noon in Shipp Chapel for an inspiring message followed by a complimentary lunch in Watson Hall. Grab and go lunch boxes will also be available.

This two-part Lenten study draws from Unfailing by Shane Stanford and Anthony Thaxton, inviting participants into a season of honest reflection, resilient hope, and spiritual renewal. Through scripture, guided questions, and thoughtful insights, this series helps name your weariness, trust God's steady presence in the midst of it, and rediscover the quiet, sustaining grace that leads us toward new life as we journey toward Easter. Discover the power of a life, no matter how far away and unsettled from God's love, to be rejuvenated to live as "Salt and Light" in the world.

Rev. Dr. Shane Stanford
Former Pastor & CEO of The Moore-West Center for Applied Theology

Rev. Dr. Stanford's mission at JourneyWise Network is to equip people to ‘love Jesus and love like Jesus’. A former Senior Pastor of the 6,000-member Christ Church in Memphis, TN, Dr. Stanford is the author of 21 books, including JourneyWise, The Seven Next Words of Christ, The Cure for the Chronic Life, and When God Disappears.  Shane is the co-host of the Covenant Bible Study program, now used in over one thousand churches. Shane Stanford is married to Dr. Pokey Stanford, and they have three adult daughters, two sons-in-law, and three grandsons who Shane says are the smartest, cutest children ever born.

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