Speaking Engagements
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Walter is no longer accepting in-person speaking engagements. Here is a look at events from past years. Some links will take you to relevant pages that house details and media from that event.
2019
November 2-3, Denver, CO: Montview Blvd. Presbyterian Church Distinguished Lectureship
2018
February 12-13, Nashville, TN: Lipscomb University/Hazelip School of Theology Preaching Workshop
February 16-18, Atlanta, GA: Trinity Presbyterian
March 4-5, Charlotte, NC: Willard Lecture at First Presbyterian Church
March 17-18, Alexandria, VA: Aldersgate UMC
April 6-8, Prairie Village, KS: Asbury UMC
April 21-22, Springfield, VA: Grace Presbyterian
May 22, Washington, D.C.: Festival of Homiletics
2017
March 24-25, Pacific Palisades, CA: Elizabeth N. Stern Lecture at St. Matthew’s Episcopal Church
May 15-16, San Antonio, TX: Festival of Homiletics
Sept. 11-12, Waco, TX: Truett Seminary at Baylor University
Sept. 16-17, Dayton, OH: Westminster Presbyterian
Oct. 6-8, Bloomfield Hills, MI: Kirk in the Hills
2016
January 20, Miami, FL: Barry University
January 22-24, Greenwood, MS: Episcopal Church of the Nativity
February 1-2, Dallas, TX: Perkins School of Theology Ministers Week
February 26-28, Denver, CO: Montview Boulevard Presbyterian Church
March 3-4, Memphis, TN: Calvary Episcopal (March 3 and 4: Lenten series sermons, 12:00 pm)
March 16-18, Waco, TX: Baylor University
March 29-30, St. Louis, MO: Eden Seminary
April 10, Dallas, TX: Saint Michael and All Angels Episcopal
April 12, Cincinnati, OH: Local Lutheran clergy
April 16-17, Birmingham, AL: St. Mary’s
May 2-4, Memphis, TN: Diocese of Western Tennessee
May 15-20, Atlanta, GA: Festival of Homiletics
May 22-23, Cleveland, OH: Old Stone Church
July 20-21, London, OH: Proctor Center
August 1-5, Los Angeles, CA: Hatchery LA Adult VBS
September 17, Charlottesville, VA: Westminster Presbyterian Church
September 25, Ann Arbor, MI: Waterman Lecture at First Baptist
October 3, Buies Creek, NC: Campbell University Elevating Preaching Conference
October 8-10, Avon Lake, OH: Westside Theological Forum, Avon Lake UCC
October 22-23, Charlotte, NC: Faith Forum, Christ Church
November 7, Abilene, TX: George Knight Lectures, Hardin Simmons University
November 19-22, San Antonio, TX: Society of Biblical Literature
2015
January 11, Birmingham, AL: Independent Presbyterian Church
February 4-6, Orlando, FL: DART Annual Clergy Conference
March 12, Seattle, WA: This Healing Ground
March 13-14, Seattle, WA: The Well/Queen Anne UMC and St. Mark’s Episcopal
March 20-22: Raleigh, NC: Pullen Memorial Baptist Church
April 6, Dallas, TX (via phone): FaithForm Gathering
April 13-15, St. Joseph, MO: Faith & Culture Conference
April 20-22, Decatur, GA: Columbia Theological Seminary 2015 Colloquium
May 5-7, Denver, CO: Episcopal Preaching Conference
May 12-13, Denver, CO: Festival of Homiletics
June 13-14, Cleveland Heights, OH: Forest Hill Church
July 20-24, Spokane, WA: Whitworth Institute of Ministry Summer Adult Program
August 15-16, San Antonio, TX: Laurel Heights UMC Season of Renewal
September 24, Cininnati, OH: Long Hard Road to Neighborliness
September 27-28, Mobile, AL: Dill Lectures and “A Day Apart” at Dauphin Way UMC
October 10-11, Fayetteville, AR (TBD)
October 17-18, N. Wilkesboro, NC: North Wilkesboro Presbyterian Church Annual Lecture Series
October 30-31, Loma Linda, CA: “Sabbath as Resistance” and “Healing of the Nations” at Loma Linda University
November 5-8, Asheville, NC: Circling the Fire at Lutheridge Conference Center
November 17-18, 2015, Cincinnati, OH: Neighborhood Economics Conference (with Peter Block)
November 21-24, Atlanta, GA: Society of Biblical Literature
December 9, Online: Global Ministries Webinar focused on Chosen? Reading the Bible Amid the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict
2014
January 9-10, Georgetown, KY: Re-Imagining Faith Seminar at Georgetown College
January 18-19, Sylvania, OH: Bill Chidester Lecture Series at Sylvania United Church of Christ
February 5-7, Altamonte Springs, FL: DART Annual Clergy Conference
February 16, Anderson, SC: Anderson School of Theology for Laypersons
March 20, Conway, AR: Steel Lecture at Hendrix College
March 29-30, Boston, MA: Price Lectures at Trinity Church
April 27, Cleveland, OH: Adult Forum and Preaching at Church of the Covenant
April 29-May 1, Malibu, CA: Pepperdine Bible Lectures
May 20, Minneapolis, MN: Festival of Homiletics
May 29, Indianapolis, IA: The Abundance Festival
June 5-6, Nashville, TN: Christian Scholars Conference at Lipscomb University
June 10-14, Hendersonville, NC: Christian Formation Conference at Kanuga Conference Center
September 22-23, St. Paul, MN: Fretheim Lecture at Luther Seminary
October 17, Findlay, OH: Freed Lecture at Winebrenner Theological Seminary
October 25, London, Ont. (Canada): Dr. Goth Lecture Series at Metropolitan United Church
November 12-13, Louisville, KY: Neighborhood Economics
2013
April 4-5, Cedar Rapids, IA: Spirituality in the 21st Century: Engaging Community, Narrating Change
April 13, Hilliard, OH: Presbytery of Scioto Valley’s Spring Fest
April 19-20, Norman, OK: Oklahoma Institute for Bible Literacy
April 24, Cincinnati, OH: Connecting 4 Community
April 28-29, Pensacola, FL: First Presbyterian Church
May 13-14, Nashville, TN: Festival of Homiletics
June 29, Glendale, AZ: UMC Desert Southwest Annual Conference
July 10, Cincinnati, OH: Cincinnati Contemporary Arts Center Conversation Café Series
July 14-15, Orlando, FL: Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) General Assembly
July 27, Orleans, MA: Angelica Center for Spirituality Speaker Series
September 16, Cincinnati, OH: Xavier University, Living an Economics of Compassion
Sept. 20-21, Takoma Park, MD: Arthur Keough Lectures at Washington Adventist University
September 24-25, Gainesville, FL: Holy Trinity Episcopal Church
October 18-19, Wayne, PA: Presbyterian Hymnal Project Launch
October 21, Cincinnati, OH: Xavier University, Living an Economics of Compassion
November 6, Cincinnato OH: Molly Malone’s, A Priest, a Scholar, and a Bishop Walk Into a Bar
November 19, Milwaukee, WI: Stated Meeting of the Presbytery of Milwaukee