{"id":9793,"date":"2019-12-29T20:20:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-30T02:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/?p=9793"},"modified":"2019-12-19T12:50:45","modified_gmt":"2019-12-19T18:50:45","slug":"posts-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cottrillcompass.com\/blog\/2019\/posts-of-2019.html","title":{"rendered":"Posts of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n

This is a great time to look back at the most popular posts from the entire year.<\/strong> And what a year it has been!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Where<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

And since it’s cool right now to talk about the past decade<\/em>, I’ll do that in the next post. \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We’ll start with the month of March<\/strong> – an important time in the life of our church in Las Palmas! First of all, we finally moved the location of our Sunday morning services<\/a>, and then – baptisms – in All About Water <\/a><\/em>and Baptisms 2019 (video)<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then things got crazy busy – we looked forward to it in the post Manic May 2019<\/em><\/a>, but popular posts actually in May<\/strong> were Nathanael’s 15th<\/a><\/em>, Biblical Counselling Seminar, etc.<\/a><\/em>, and as we headed into June, Please Pray For: “The Wedding”<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

At midsummer<\/strong>, it was appropriate to take A Look Backward and Forward<\/a><\/em>. I had some time in Canada in the past, and some ministry in Mexico in the future. And that included teams – check out Baking Classes \/ Construction<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And in July<\/strong> – more Tiempo de Vivir Events (video)<\/a><\/em>. I really need to post more videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But as far as “popular posts” go, it was my Dad’s passing (end of August<\/strong>) and funeral (September<\/strong>) that dominated 2019. So these posts included the initial announcement<\/a>, the funeral video and related information<\/a>, and the eulogy<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then I returned to Mexico<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And into the last part of the year, common themes in our church were Grief, Uncertainty, and Peace<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And for popular posts, the year ended on a lighter note – sort of – The Mysterious Exploding Toilet<\/a><\/em>!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By the way, a note on where visitors to this blog came from this year. First, the usual suspects – the USA<\/strong>, Canada<\/strong>, and Mexico<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But next – the UK and India. Hi to everyone from the UK<\/strong> and India<\/strong>! \ud83d\ude42 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But here’s the surprise – the city most represented was Ashburn<\/strong>, VA, USA. So – hi everyone from Ashburn! Drop a line and say hi sometime!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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