When Jeanene and I went to seminary in Fort Worth, we joined Broadway Baptist church. The worship was formal and smart for Baptists. The pastor, Cecil Sherman, was the same. Formal and smart. Broadway was about as "high church" as either of us had ever experienced. We loved it and remember those days fondly.

So I'm rather thrilled to get a chance to preach at Broadway this Sunday night. Service begins with dinner at 6:00. Worship kicks off around 7:00. If you're in the area and want to stop by and say hello, that would be fun.

This is kind of funny: I had planned on preaching from Matthew 22:15-22. And I JUST saw on their website that their interim pastor, Charlie Johnson, preached from that text a couple of weeks ago. Of course he did. They use the Lectionary. I keep forgetting there are other Baptists that do. So okay, I need to figure out something else to do. You'd think I would be worried about this. I'm not. It was nice to have everything set in my mind, but in my experience, little things like this often lead you to good places. They often lead you to the place you need to be.

rlp