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Wade Center Events

The Wade Center plans to record all events and upload them to our YouTube channel unless otherwise noted and barring any technical difficulties.

  • MAY 8, 2024 @ 7PM, BAKKE AUDITORIUM
    The Everlasting Man: A Guide to G. K. Chesterton’s Masterpiece Book Talk & Signing with editor Dale Ahlquist
    C.S. Lewis called G.K. Chesterton’s The Everlasting Man the best popular book on Christian apologetics. Join us for a book talk and signing with Dale Ahlquist, editor of the beautiful new edition of The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton from Word on Fire Publishing that includes an introduction, notes, and commentary from the speaker. Book signing to follow!
    Watch The Everlasting Man event Livestream

  • MAY 29-31, 2024 @ WHEATON COLLEGE
    George MacDonald and the Prophetic Imagination: A Bicentenary Conference
    In partnership with the George MacDonald Society, the Wade Center is excited to announce a George MacDonald conference at Wheaton College in celebration of the bicentenary of MacDonald's birth (1824-1905). This three-day gathering will include an evening lecture event with Malcolm Guite, panel discussions, and papers on various aspects of MacDonald's life and works, displays of MacDonald memorabilia and books, and artistic events that creatively respond to MacDonald's works.
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  • SEPTEMBER 19, 2024 @ 7PM, BAKKE AUDITORIUM
    "The Art of Eucatastrophe: The Ministry of Celebration in the Life of the Anxious Soul" with Amy Baik Lee
    Drawing from firsthand experience as well as the work of Wade Center authors and other writers, Amy Baik Lee delves into the possibility that fellowship, storytelling, and commemoration can rehabilitate our souls to expect joy. 2024 Stephen & Marjorie Mead Endowment for Spiritual Formation Event.

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Hansen Lectures

A series of lectures on the Wade authors presented annually by Wheaton College faculty.

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Fuller Endowment for Imagination & the Arts

A regular series of talks, performances, exhibitions, and new commissions celebrating imagination and the arts.

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Stephen and Marjorie Mead Endowment for Spiritual Formation

Occasional lectures on spiritual formation subjects by speakers who draw upon the writings of the Wade authors in this area.

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Explore Media Recordings

View & listen to recordings from our previous programming, and other Wade author-related content, on our Media Page and YouTube channel.