End of the year review- a poll
I have been blogging consistanly for 3 years now. 2 of those years here on WordPress. This year had been my post
Me back in Highschool. what a kid I was!
successful in terms of gaining an audience.
Since January 1st. I have averaged 324 hits a day with some months where i averaged 500-600 hits a day. That’s not Celebrity blog status by any means, however it does mean that more than my family and friends are keeping track.
In light of this years success I thought I’d look back in review!
Top 5 most popular posts of the year
Based on hits, conversation, and e-mails received about.
- Revival in Lakeland??
- The Wise and Foolish Builder-Intentions vs Reality
- The Real Way to be Missional (broke the single day record with approx. 700 hits in one day)
- A Man Who Finds A Wife Finds A Good Thing- thoughts on marriage
- Cessationism (probably my most controversial)
Top 5 Commentors of the year
Based on the number of comments since January.
- John Barker (John formerly haybark is my favorite guy on the web!)
- mbaker (she has been missed lately)
- Natrimony (we pretty much never agree, but was a regular here for awhile)
- thegreycoats (Jarrod always has an interesting take)
- JimB (Always wise and always well thought through)
Blog Celebrity of the year:
- Andrew Jones of Tallskinnykwi fame. The most famous blogger to leave a comment here!
Most Controversial Posts:
Least Read Post of All Time:
- Just a Thought (generating a hefty 4 views!)
Best “Random Rantings Friday” post this year:
The Post with the most Random Tags:
- THIS ONE!!!! Ha!
and now…
The Top Post of the Year:
You decide, what was the top Post this year? If you have one not listed feel free to post it below.
(I figured I try our WordPress’ new polling codeware)
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personally, i think the post on why you love your dad and your mom were the best!! ha! P)
So true! i plan on that being a different post!
Gee thanks Zack, your not such a bad guy yourself.
It is intresting that the Lakeland post is number one. I went back to look at some of the comments I made and I have mixed emotions on some of my conclusions.
I think the first section of my first comment on that thread hit the closest to my thoughts on what that revival was about. Sure, I think that the Lord really healed people, and people were encouraged and touched. But I think that there was a greater message that was being trumpeted. My thoughts arn’t in any way clear on what that was for sure, but I hope that we are ready for the great paradoxes of our times. I hope that I am prepared. Because the extreme pressures of the hour, both in trouble and revival, are going to be well beyond anything this generation has ever faced. Possibly any have, ever.
Hey Zack,
Thanks. I’ve not been blogging much here lately anywhere.
I’ve enjoyed the discussion on all the posts you mentioned. I particularly like the ones who make us all think about God’s Word more deeply. Even if we don’t always necessarily agree, I think we learn from one another.
Love to you and Carrie. Hope she is doing well.
God bless.
Margret, did you ever try that coffee from Amazon?
@mbaker thank you! I appreciate you.
@ John dude! you pic looks so scary now, I’m used to seeing that smiley baby of yours! It was just a jolting change.
Lakeland humbled a lot people. I think that was it’s purpose. And by a lot of people I mostly mean those within the Charismatic church. It gave some of it’s leaders a soberness that they needed.
Lakeland bothered me from the beginning. I am so hungry for the in breaking of God, but something seemed to be wrong with the Lakeland deal.
This is why I pray. I like how Ravenhill says it. unless we as a church are found in constant prayer, we’ll mistake rattles for revivals.
So I’m clear I’m not poking at you saying you needed to be humbled. I think the leaders at the conference needed to be. But we all do. My humbling comes to me in all kinds of ways.
I say better to be humbled than humiliated.
That’s my take on it.
John,
No, I didn’t. I am still on the search for a good cup of coffee that tastes like real coffee used to. I’ve tried everything. If you wouldn’t mind, please send me the name of it again.
Thanks, and God bless.
Yeah, I need to fix that, it’s dark and scary, not me at all. I was looking for a change in my avitar and snapped a couple of pix with my web cam- had trouble with the new interface that wordpress has, so by the time I got this to upload I was done with the whole ordeal.
I agree with you, and I think your Ravenhill quote was a great synopsis. ( I should get that book out again, why revival tarries) I came back from Lakeland puzzeled, not connecting with the Spirit of God in the way I had expected. My friend who went with me got a healing in his foot as we worshiped one night, but I had no God encounter that I was really hungry for. I have been humbled, and I am the better for it.
I felt that I should go, and that was the thing that I was so confused about. But the thing God was wanting for me, and what I thought I was going for were two different things. God was wanting to give me perspective and an education- give me sobriety, and to confirm some things He has been teaching me over the years about who He is and what He is doing.
I so appreciate what Mike B. is putting out there at this time, so needed! I have been searching for months, trying to find someone who was speaking with such clarity about the times. I get revelation from the Lord and in the word, but it’s hard at times to know how your “hearing” with little to confirm but the witness of the Holy Spirit. ( that should be enough)
@ Margret, here it is: http://www.amazon.com/Java-Trading-Company-Espresso-5-Pound/dp/B000HBIN88/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=grocery&qid=1229453968&sr=1-1
Thanks, John. It got good reviews, so I’ll probably invest in a bag to try it out. Is it just me or it is becoming more and more difficult to find a good cup of coffee?Everyone I’ve talked to here in the northwest says it’s because they roast the beans too quickly, but we bought a roaster and some different kinds of beans from a local supplier and did them ourselves, but couldn’t get that real coffee taste.
Sorry to get so far off topic, Zack. Being a parent of a daughter your age, I liked the one where you spoke so highly of your mama too. Anita, I hope she speaks as highly of me, as Zack does of you. We momma’s need that.
I’m just finishing a bag of it mysef, and I have not been disappointed. I have had better coffee that suits my taste, but you cannot beat the price and quality of it. Enjoy!
Sorry to run amok on this thread with coffee talk and now this next thing. I changed my avatar two days ago. I just checked and it has smiley baby back on my profile page as the avitar (gravitar), but the mug shot comes up when I post, any suggestions??
I got a smiley baby! So I think your good!
And run amok, the point of this thread was to reflect. so go for it!
You should maybe do a coffee post next , Zack, since we all three love good coffee. I reflect so much better over a good cup, how about you guys?
Wow, number three. I’m honored.
Nat,
If you are still reading here, you are still tops in my book!
God bless everyone who reads here, in the name of Jesus. May your new year be a blessed one in all ways.
Much love and blessings Nat and mbaker!
Can’t wait to jump back into the Blogging routine again!