I’m not one to usually do round-up posts regularly (or at all), but with it being the end of 2012, it seemed fitting to dig into the vault that is the site stats and pull out what is the most viewed posts. While this blog hasn’t existed for all of 2012, it has existed in nine months of that time so it should be a good reflection. That said, here we go, along with some summaries and reflections:
1. Single Christian Men Don’t Seek Christian Wives (#2) (08-03-2012)
This post, along with #5 came on a week where I was itching to blog, but really didn’t have a topic on my mind, so I pulled out the most common search term at the time (as explained on post #5) and used it on Google myself. Then I pulled out some observations about relationships and what is pushing single Christian men away from marrying. They have continued with consistent views ever since.
This one focuses on the church environment and the fact that church officials can’t seem to get past their blaming of men to see the factors that are on them to deal with that push men away from dating in church.
2. So You Want To Become A Pastor? (08-15-2012)
It’s hard sometimes to gauge where interest comes from for views, but this one was obvious. Two days after posting my observations in research on what it takes to be a pastor, the post was linked from the Captain Capitalism blog. Subsequently there were a large number of referrals. I never got around on this one to thank him for the linkage in a decent amount of time before the post got buried, so consider this that thank you.
3. Why Young Men Don’t Marry (05-20-2012)
This one is older than #1 and #5, but consistently receives views for the same reason. In this one, I continue after dealing with Albert Mohler’s man-up rant to describe some of the real reasons that young men aren’t marrying within the church.
4. Single Christian Men Just Aren’t Buying What Is Sold (08-05-2012)
This was the first post after #1 and #5 which was the result of some thoughts to express, ultimately coming from that exercise and answering an article. It compares the conditions of the dating market in terms of an economic exchange, and points out that you have the unique condition of the sellers in the dating market blaming the buyers for not buying the product instead of working doing a better job of providing the product and selling it.
5. Single Christian Men Don’t Marry (#1) (08-02-2012)
The story behind this one was described in #1. This post describes some of the attitudes of the single women involved which were quoted in the articles that came up.
I conclude this post by thanking all of you who have read this blog and those of you who have supported this blog by linking to it in your blog rolls and link fest posts. I offer the prayer of the hope that 2013 will bring much glory to God and blessing to all of those involved.
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