2008 Grace Roots Blog Highlights

I first did this last year, and decided to do it again this year. According to Google Analytics, these are the top posts on this blog for 2008. I've also been saving my favorite blog post of YOURS during the past year, and I'll post those as well.

As I said last year, "I generally don't pay a whole lot of attention to the stats, but one of the things that interests me is finding out which articles are getting the most views. The Google stats are not scientific, and they don't include the stats for articles that are read via feedreaders, email subscriptions, etc, but they give me a general sense about how the things that are on my heart relate to those who read what I write."

Three or four articles that had post dates prior to 2008 appeared on the list, and I've left them out of this list.

Most viewed Grace Roots articles for 2008

1. The Full Armor of God (1/12/08)
2. Interesting "Shack" discussion (6/21/08)
3. Does God inhabit our praises? (Or do we have it even better!) (3/8/08)
4. Sanctification is the living out of a love affair (12/14/08)
5. Who we are in Christ (3/31/08)
6. Fake it till you make it? (repost) (12/7/08)
7. "Permisson to be Human" - Darin Hufford (5/8/08) (Darin's name appears often in the
8. The Heart and The Scriptures (7/27/08) (It was through this post that I got to know author Jim Robbins)
9. "Love" in 1 Corinthians 13 (Part 1) (7/22/08) (I never did post Part 2!)
10. I don't 'really care' about my bad reputation... (7/6/08)

Publish Post

I have truly enjoyed getting to know all of you through the world of blogging! Thanks so much for taking time to read and/or interact here! And for those of you who have your own blogs, thanks so much for sharing what's on your hearts! Happy blogging in '09!

2007 Grace Roots Blog Highlights

As usual, I'm the first one awake this morning, and while waiting for the rest of my family to get up so we can travel back home (we've been visiting my parents in Missouri) I got a wild hair and decided to take a look at my Google Analytics stats for the entire past year.

I generally don't pay a whole lot of attention to the stats, but one of the things that interests me is finding out which articles are getting the most views. The Google stats are not scientific, and they don't include articles that are read via feedreaders, email subscriptions, etc, but they give me a general sense about how the things that are on my heart relate to those who read what I write.

What I'm really excited about doing is reviewing some of the other blogs I read and sharing my favorite articles from 2007. That will take some time, but I do plan to do that. For now, it's pretty easy for me to look at my Google Analytics stats and simply list the top articles for 2007.

I'm very excited about the number one article. I wrote it in February and I poured a lot of my heart into it. The "topic" remains in the beat of my heart.

Most viewed Grace Roots articles for 2007

1. Kings of the Wild Frontier (2/1/07)
2. The Desperate Need for the Teaching of Grace (7/31/07)
3. Elmer Fudd sings Bruce Springsteen (10/12/07)*
4. The Life I Live in the Body, I Don't (4/2/07)
5. Speaking in Tongues (Speak in Love) (10/7/07)
6. VOG: Lions, Crocodile, and Buffalo (8/8/07)*
7. NOTHING But the Blood (8/2/07)
8. 5 Things I Dig About Jesus (6/18/07)
9. Rich Quotes (9/19/07)
10. Panic Attacks! (6/26/07)

Thanks for visiting this blog and participating in it when you are able to! I've really enjoyed "meeting" and interacting with so many wonderful people this year. Happy blogging in '08!

*These two articles contain words and phrases that appear high in the "keyword" searches that have landed people on my blog. In other words, it appears that many non Grace Roots readers have landed on my blog while searching for those terms, and so those pages are highly ranked due to general web searches. Nevertheless, thank you Jul (VOG) for the article that I linked to on Number 6 and thanks also to Robin Williams and Bruce Springsteen for providing content that brings people to my blog. ;)