Year |
Preacher |
Title |
Sermon |
2019
|
Jan Edgar Langbein |
Chief Executive Officer, Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support |
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2018
|
Craig C. Hill |
Dean, Perkins School of Theology |
The Paradox of Service |
2017
|
Larry James |
Chief Executive Officer, CitySquare |
On Throwing Parties |
2016
|
Paul Rasmussen ’ 04 |
Senior Minister, Highland Park United Methodist Church |
Leave Your Mark |
2015
|
Maria Dixon Hall |
Associate Professor of Communication Studies |
Find Your Voice |
2014
|
Michael M. Boone ’63, ’67 |
Chair-elect of the SMU Board of Trustees |
The Main Thing |
2013
|
Michael McKee |
Bishop of North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church and Member of the SMU Board of Trustees |
God Has Shown What Is Good |
2012
|
Richard J. Wood |
Member of the SMU Board of Trustees |
No Lasting Comfort |
2011
|
Mark Craig |
Senior Minister, Highland Park United Methodist Church |
The Choices We Make |
2010
|
Stephen W. Rankin |
Chaplain and Minister to the University |
Your Greatest Need for a Life that Flourishes |
2009
|
W. Earl Bledsoe |
Bishop of North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church |
The ABC’s of Life |
2008
|
Sheron Patterson |
Senior Pastor, Highland Hills United Methodist Church |
You Have the Power |
2007
|
Paul Rasmussen |
Associate Pastor, Highland park United Methodist Church |
Who Tells You Who You Are |
2006
|
Robert Van Kemper |
Parish Associate, Community Ministry, Trinity Presbyterian Church and Chair, Department of Anthropology |
It’s All God’s Time |
2005
|
Rhymes H. Moncure, Jr. |
Bishop of North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church |
|
2004
|
William J. Abraham |
Albert Cook Outler Professor of Wesley Studies |
Holding Out for the Best |
2003
|
William B. Lawrence |
Dean of Perkins School of Theology |
In Search of Level Green |
2002
|
Barbara A. B. Patterson |
Associate Professor of Religion, Emory University |
The Journey |
2001
|
Valerie Hotchkiss |
J.S. Bridwell Foundation Endowed Libraian and Director of Bridwell Library |
Alma Mater |
2000
|
William Banowsky |
President emeritus, University of Oklahoma |
Religious Unity in a Divided World |
1999
|
Mark Craig |
Senior Minister, Highland Park United Methodist Church |
Finding the Power |
1998
|
Nancy Kasten |
Associate Chaplain |
|
1997
|
William B. Oden |
Bishop of North Texas Conference of the United Methodist Church |
|
1996
|
Wil Finnin |
Chaplain and Minister to the University |
|
1995
|
Patrick Henry |
Executive Director, Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research |
Not Necessarily in That Order |
1994
|
Janet Cooper Nelson |
University Chaplain, Brown University |
Sought, Blest and Sent |