Given in the spring by a prominent Lutheran before an invited audience, this endowed lecture series honors the Rev. Dr. James Crumley, former President of the Lutheran Church in America. The lecturers and the titles of their presentations:

2007 - March 29 
Martin E. Marty
Fairfax Cone Professor Emeritus of the University of Chicago,  “A Sense of Place; And A Sensible Use of Time”

2006 - March 30
Christopher Cock
Director of choral ensembles at Valparaiso, head of the Bach Institute, and Duesenberg Professor of Lutheran Music, “Giving Voice to the Spirit—A Musician's Calling.”
Cock Lecture





2005 - March 30
Uwe Siemon-Netto
Journalist, "Called to the Beat:  Christian Convictions and the Life of Journalism"  Siemon-Netto Lecture








Mr. Siemon-Netto is conversing with Bishop James Crumely, ’48, for whom the lecture series is named.

2004 - March 31 - Joseph Swanson, Professor of Finance and CEO of Joseph Swanson & Company, "Wealth and Poverty:  Economic and Christian Perspectives." Swanson Lecture

2003 - Robert Tuttle, Professor of Law at the George Washington University Law School “Two Kingdoms and Two Clauses: Supreme Court Rulings on Church-State Issues.”

2002 - Rev. Dr. Julius Filo, President of the Lutheran Church of the AugsburgConfession of Slovakia “Keeping the Faith Before and After Communism.”

2001 - John Stumme, Director of Studies for the Division for Church in Society of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America “Two Cities, One City, or No City?” Stumme Lecture

2000 - Paul Hinlicky, Jordan-Trexler Professor of Religion at Roanoke College “The Spirit of Christ Amid the Spirits of the Postmodern World.”

1999 - L. Milton Woods, former treasurer of the Lutheran Church in America “It is Enough.”

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