Year	Preacher	Title	Sermon
2019	Jan Edgar Langbein	Chief Executive Officer, Genesis Women’s Shelter and Support
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