Popular posts

Every year at this time I like to look back to find the most-read posts of the year. Partly because, for us, it’s another way to look back over the past 12 months.

So here we go again! I’ll post the top ten, in chronological order…

• God’s Warmth in Chilly January – A picture and some news (January).
• Retro: Spiritual Emphasis Camp (video) – Technically, the “retro” posts are from 10 years earlier – so here’s a memory from February 2012.
• Retro: Pies – One more, this one from April 2012.
• Manic May v. 2022 – This year’s version of manic May. May is, quite simply, always crazy. (May)
• A Visit to Panama (and a sloth video) – Let’s face it. Who doesn’t like to watch sloths? (June)
• Going to Ontario (really) (we hope) – We did indeed! (June)
• 20 Years of Finding Direction! – Celebrating the 20-year anniversary of this very blog. (October)
• Turbulent Times – yes, it was a turbulent fall, no doubt. Here are some reasons why. (November)
• Edgar – A tribute to our friend Edgar, who passed away in November.
• Baptisms December 2022 (video) – A great way to end the list!

While I’m here, let’s take a look at the 10 posts from past years which have continued to be popular in 2022…

• Spanish Bible Versions – Free Online – Everybody likes free stuff, I guess…
• Just how Stressed are Missionaries (and what can we do about it)? – This was a classic, from 2012.
• The Greatest Christmas Song II (index/resources) – Rather than individual posts, I’ll just include the index. Christmas carol series have been quite popular.
• Law vs. Love? – An “unhitching” that really shouldn’t take place…
• Amy and Nate are engaged! – I think other people are more popular on this blog that we are, which is probably a good thing! This is from 2008.
• 7 Reasons to Pray for Mexico – From 2014, but still a mostly accurate guide.
• Holy Week Traditions in Mexico – Some observations from early in our years in Mexico.
• Life is just a bowl of JELLO – Just a quirky story of a day in the life…
• Johnny Appleseed – the missionary? – Yes, except of a different god and a different gospel.
• How To Take A Shower (at our house) – You gotta have fun with it sometimes! It ain’t fiction.

Thanks again for stopping by! See you in 2023, Lord willing.

I haven’t been doing this every month, but I thought I’d do it today, for fun. It sure has been a crazy time! Anyway, here are the most-read posts from the last three months in chronological order, with the most popular post of all in bold.

• The Hot Water Tank – Ah yes, the adventure of the hot water tank. It’s working all right, although for some reason it’s very hard to light the pilot light.
• The Red Sea and Holy Week – That was fun – crossing the Red Sea on Resurrection Sunday!
• Manic May v. 2022 – Just a quick list of what was happening in this year’s version of MAY.
• A Visit to Panama (and a sloth video) – Let’s face it. No matter what else you post, a video of sloths is bound to be the most popular.
• Going to Ontario (really) (we hope) – Yes, like physically going to Ontario. Can you believe it?

Thanks again for visiting and reading. Here are the most popular posts this year so far. Which means we’re almost a quarter of the way through 2022!

As usual, these are in chronological order, the most popular post in bold. I probably won’t be doing this as often in the future, unless I really pump up the number of posts in general. But for this month, here you go!

• God’s Warmth in Chilly January – A ministry update from early in the year.
• The Plan of Salvation – This was actually a bit of a report on a sermon, as we continue our amazing journey through the book of Exodus.
• Genesis 1 and 2: Keywords #2 and #3 – This is the most popular post so far from the Biblical Anthropology series, which doesn’t mean much because you should read all the posts in order. I hope this study is useful for you; it sure has been a help to me. Catch the series so far here: Biblical Anthropology series.
• A Note About Canada. – It’s hard to talk about what’s happening in Canada, and it’s hard not to.
• Retro: Spiritual Emphasis Camp (video) – Some fun memories from 10 years ago February.

The most popular posts, in chronological order, from the past 90 days. The post in bold was the most popular overall.

• Retro: Wedding Pictures – I don’t always include “retro” posts, but this one was the most popular in recent days.
• Christmas Song #4: Index and Resources – The 2021 Christmas carol series was popular, so here’s the index to the whole thing.
• God’s Warmth in Chilly January – A picture, and some news from the beginning of the year.
• Genesis 1 and 2: Keywords #2 and #3 – One of the new series based on our church Biblical Anthropology series.
• A Note About Canada. – Just what the title says.

Due to a general lack of writing actual posts around here, Finding direction has been rather quiet lately. So we’ll take this post as a reminder that I should write more. 🙂

That being said, here’s a little list of the most popular posts from the last 90 days, in chronological order.

• I’ll start with a “retro” post. I don’t always include these in the list, but since other posts have been rather sparse, check out Retro: The (lo-res) Family, from 10 years ago November.
• I’ll “cheat” again and include the full series on the Christmas carol, “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence”. After all, the message is still relevant! Christmas Song #4: Index and Resources
• Completing a special series in 2021, and yes, I am putting some of the material online in 2022. A Year in Biblical Anthropology!
• A missing team and an appearing missionary in The Team That Wasn’t, A Visit That Was.
• And the most popular post currently – God’s Warmth in Chilly January.