Shane Stanford is a pastor, author and teacher. He is the Senior Pastor of Christ UMC in Memphis, TN, one of United Methodism’s largest and most influential congregations.
Shane is a former church planter as well as the Director/Host of the United Methodist Hour, a radio and television ministry airing in 30 million homes nationwide.
Shane is the author of eleven books including A Positive Life (Zondervan), The CURE for the Chronic Life (Abingdon), and Mosaic (Abingdon).
Shane has also written several articles published in such journals/magazines as Giving, CNNOnline, Alive, and The Circuit Rider.
Shane has appeared on numerous media programs including ABC’s Good Morning America and Fox & Friends.
Shane travels extensively sharing his story as an HIV positive hemophiliac and pastor. He has presented at such venues as the Saddleback Global AIDS Summit and the National Civil Rights Museum.
He is married to Dr. Pokey Stanford (a Professor of Education) and they are the parents of three daughters, ages 14, 11, and 7.
His latest book is Making Life Matter: Embracing the Joy in the Everyday.
Visit his website at www.shanestanford.com.
ABOUT MAKING LIFE MATTER: EMBRACING THE JOY IN THE EVERYDAY
In a world of fast-paced schedules and priorities, conversations about what makes for a life well lived are a rarity and a luxury. But what if the daily pace of life held in itself the way to make choices more significant? What if the daily to-do lists gave a glimpse into how people might change their future? What if the daily grind, as arduous as it might seem, held the key to a life full of meaning and potential? What if everyday, simple steps, instead of some complex list of seemingly unattainable principles, showed how to make life matter?
Making Life Matter answers these questions and shows that the steps for making life matter are found in rather ordinary decisions, attitudes, and patterns found in normal routines. This book is about our story and our journey, and what we do and feel along the way. (Retail price $14.95)
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I enjoyed reading what other folks are saying about Making Life Matter!
I learned that he is on 200 radio programs. He is on the Chrisitan radio channel. I have never heard of him but I love listening to these channels when I am driving. There is prayer requests on his site too.
I learned there’s a MLM You Tube Channel.
God’s love for us was an act of ‘wreckless abandon’– I hope we will be so ‘careless’! This comment really makes me curious about his writing.
He has HIV. I read his book “A Positive Life” and one of the best books I’ve ever read!
I learned that there is no right or wrong way to pray. Shane could give suggestions, but you don’t need to pray using any words but your own. God wants to hear from YOU. I dislike formal prayers and prefer to speak from the heart. He is my best friend and I need to open and honest and soul searching at all times. kristiedonelson(at)gmail(dot)com Thank you.
I learned that Mr. Shane’s prayer for the book, “Making LIfe Matter” is that it will make a difference in a person’s life to the point that they will have to make a difference in the lives of others.
I love the idea of making such a difference in someone’s life that they feel the need to make a difference for someone else.
That there are prayer requests on his site