This marks my 1000th post on the Tamed Cynic blog.
I’d guess that the usual post is 500-600 words or so, which means that in the last two years I’ve committed half a million words to this site.
Other guys golf, I suppose.
I started the blog almost 2 years today exactly, beginning at Tony Jones’ encouragement and prodding.
What began on little more than a lark has taken on a life of its own, with thousands of readers a day from all over the world (73% from US), a global ranking among websites that isn’t half-bad and an above average rate of engagement.
Thanks to the blog my preaching is better and so are my questions, more aware now of your own questions. I’ve made ‘friends’ I’ve never met and discovered books I would not otherwise have read. Adding podcasts and guest authors this year has exposed me to leaders in the Church at large and given exposure to the gifts of my friends.
There’s absolutely no reason you have to spend time here. That you do, I just want to say thank you.
In case you’re curious or started reading the blog only of late, here are, in descending order, the most popular posts of all time these past two years.
You can click on them below in case you missed one of them:
What Do Our Prayers Sound Like to God?
A Pastor’s Wife Responds to Mark Driscoll
Surrendering My Wedding Credentials
Clergy Robes and Anonymous Notes in Church
Why Rapture Believing Christians are Really Liberals
Women Can Write Sermons, They Just Can’t Preach Them
Chuck Knows Church, But I Wish He Knew Jesus
Top Ten Reasons Christmas Doesn’t Need the Cross
Mark Driscoll in the Hands of An Angry Pastor
Shoulder to Shoulder: Reflections on Marriage
FYI: If You’re a Teenage Boy (a letter to my kids)
Jason,
Congratulations on #1,000! I look forward to reading your next 1,000 posts.