Top Posts of 2011

Here are my top posts for 2011. What amazes me is how it hasn’t changed from last year.

1. The Chemistry of Bowling – July 26, 2008 (#1 in 2010)
   
2. Why Do We Celebrate Palm Sunday? – March 13, 2008 (#2 in 2010)
   
3. Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch – November 18, 2009 (#5)
   
4. A Collection of Sayings – January 17, 2008 (#4)
   
5. Who Cuts the Barber’s Hair? – September 15, 2009 (#13)
   
6. The Dilemma of Modern Christianity – April 18, 2009 (#6)
   
7. John Wooden – A Review of “A Game Plan for Life – the power of Mentoring” by John Wooden and Don Yager– October 9, 2009 (#3)
   
8. What is a part per million? – February 19, 2010 (#14)
   
9. A Brief History of Atomic Theory – April 27, 2011
   
10. The Difference Between Football in the North and South – October 8, 2006 (#15)
    
11. Ten Pretty Good Rules – June 16, 2008
    
12. Hearing God Call – January 7, 2009 (#10)
    
13. What Does Stewardship Mean to Me – November 6, 2005
    
14. The Twelve Disciples – Were they management potential? – October 3, 2008
    
15. Pledges and Loyalty Oaths – March 27, 2008 (#8)
    
16. What Does It Mean To Be Called? – August 30, 2008 (#11)
    
17. The Meaning of Service – November 14, 2008
    
18. The Mountaintop Experience – March 2, 2011
    
19. A Scout is Reverent – February 2, 2010 (#16)
    
20. Thoughts on the Nature of Teaching Science in the 21st Century – August 30, 2009 (#7)
    

It is interesting how some of my older posts are getting read more now than when they were first posted.

My all-time list is:

1. The Chemistry of Bowling (#1 in 2010)
   
2. Why Do We Celebrate Palm Sunday? (#2 in 2010)
   
3. A Collection of Sayings (#3)
   
4. Brer Rabbit and the Briar Patch – November 18, 2009 (new to the list)
   
5. John Wooden – A Review of “A Game Plan for Life – the power of Mentoring” by John Wooden and Don Yager– October 9, 2009 (#4)
   

For those who are interested in this sort of thing, here are links to my previous “top posts”:

My Top Posts for 2006

My Top Posts For 2007

My Top Posts for 2008

Top posts for 2009

Top Posts of 2010

We no longer have a “Best of the Methoblogosphere”, not because there are no noteworthy posts but because there are so many to pick from. I want to give my thanks to Allan Bevere for his effort is picking the best of the bunch. During 2011, Allan focused on the posts of note and one of my posts (“The Situation Today” – July 14, 2011) was chosen to in this group.

The challenge of a weekly blog is a daunting one. There has been a steady increase in the number of individuals who read the various things that I post and for that I am very grateful. Still, I have to wonder what the lifetime of a blog, like any ministry, is. I began posting in July of 2005 so I am approaching the end of my 7^th year. Perhaps, in a biblical sense, I should take a sabatiacal and step away from blogging for a while.