One of my favorite musicians over the last several decades has been Billy Joel.  There, I said it. Whether you like listening to any of his songs or not, it is hard to deny the man can play the piano.  And he can write some music. In the early 1980s, he released an album titled [...]

Leading up to January 1, 2011, I will be counting down the top 10 posts of 2010, as recorded by the WordPress site stats here on Footsteps of Faith.  The #1 most popular post was The Devil is in the Details and was originally published October 3, 2010. Pastors, have you ever had one of those Sundays [...]

Leading up to January 1, 2011, I will be counting down the top 10 posts of 2010, as recorded by the WordPress site stats here on Footsteps of Faith.  The 9th most popular post was My First Year As Your Pastor and was originally published July 5, 2010. June 14, 2010 marked the one-year anniversary of [...]

A couple of months ago, I wrote this post about an incident in our church.  The long and the short of it?  Sunday was going along well — just like any other Sunday at First Baptist Church of Ellenton.  God’s presence was obvious.  The worship was wonderful.  The preaching was pointed.  Everything seemed to be [...]

I originally read this post from A Blog of Hope several months ago; not too long after we held our own VBS at FBC Ellenton.  Since then, I haven’t been able to get it out of my head. What if church was more like VBS?  Here are some of the highlights: Worship would be radically different.  There [...]