Most-viewed Posts of 2011

Like a lot of other people, I’ve been reflecting on 2011. This past year was…interesting. The year before that, 2010, was in many ways the worst year ever. My household was spared, but a lot of people we loved suffered greatly in 2010. I think we spent the first part of 2011 shell-shocked and trying to catch our breath.

One of the highlights of 2011 was the publication of The Organized Heart. Another was traveling to The Gospel Coalition Conference (which I wrote about here).

Those two things were wonderful, but soon overshadowed by the trial that inspired this post. I’m happy to report that everything turned out fine (thanks be to God). I’ll probably tell you more about it sometime.

And that brings me to the most-viewed posts this year. It’s interesting to see what people search out and read. I’m always surprised.

1. Doctor Says You’re Cured but You Still Feel the Pain. This was actually a fun post to write because I got to publicly (and light-heartedly) call out my cousin for an ornery trick he once played on me that triggered a mini-phobia of sorts.

2. Using the Time That We Have was inspired by the death of one of my father’s closest friends. It’s one of the posts you wish you had no reason to write.

3. Book Review: Father and Son. I wrote this back in June 2010, and yet search engines bring people to this post every day. I think I’m one of the few bloggers in the world who has reviewed this book.

4. Rainy Days and Unbelief Always Get Me Down. This is the post in which I put to rest the idea that writing a book on organization means I have it all figured out. I don’t.

5. Ode to the Laptop. Just a silly post I wrote for fun, popular only because of Google searches. You would be shocked how often people type “Ode to a Laptop” into search engines.

And that’s 2011. Looking forward to 2012!

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