This is the 75th and final post of the year on So What Faith. It joins 2,024 posted between 2009 and 2022.
At the end of the calendar year for the last three years, I shared the most viewed posts of all time based on page views according to Google Analytics.
Then, this year, on July 1, Google stopped processing new data and all customers lost access to the Universal Analytics interface and API. So, I’m unable to provide a similar update this year.
Year in Review
Instead, I’ve placed this year’s posts into four categories below. I invite you to spend a few minutes reading posts from the category that is of greatest interest to you: series (multiples posts on a single topic), church trends, preaching and teaching, and all others that were not in a series.
Series
- My Journey To Ordination (and Installation) – 15 posts (January – November)
- Great New Books (by Month) – 11 posts (January – December)
- Annual Top 10 Books of the Year – 14 posts (2009-2023)
- My Religious Traditions Are Missing 8 Million People! – 4 posts (June)
Church Trends
- PC(USA) Membership – 30 Years of Decline (January)
- The Median Presbyterian (PCUSA) Congregation (January)
- Mainline Decline in the Dallas – Fort Worth Metro Area (March)
- End of Presbyterianism: Farewell PC(USA)? (May)
- Too Many Ministers in the United Church of Christ? (June)
- Am I Living in the Most Protestant Place in America? (July)
- UCC: 1 Out of Every ____ Americans (August)
- Mainline Protestant Clergy: 3 Intriguing Stats (September)
- Ecclesial Innovator: Best Job Ever or Unfortunate Job Title? (November)
- Worshippers are Aging Too Fast (December)
Preaching & Teaching
- Preaching Abundant Life (April)
- Preaching Difficult Discipleship (June)
- Freeing Jesus – Small Group Opportunities & Resources (June)
- Preaching Hope (July)
- Preaching Identity (August)
Others, Not in a Series
- Star Word for 2023 (January)
- Ponder This: 10 Recent Remarks (January)
- Surprise! 3 Days of Winter Arrives in N. Texas (February)
- Your Dream Ministry Job is Available (February)
- Cathedral of Hope – 6 Years & Counting (February)
- Lent, License Plates, & Christian Nationalism (February)
- A New Easter Tradition (April)
- Holy Ground Ahead (May)
- Celebrating 25 Years of Ministry! (May)
- My Experiences with 14 UCC Congregations (June)
- Where’s Greg Worshipping? 8+ Congregations in 3 States (June)
- Daily Blogging – Reflecting on the Discipline (June)
- Starting Year 3 at White Rock Center of Hope (June)
- Celebrating 14 Years of So What Faith with Popular Posts (June)
- 53 Years of Hope: Celebrating Cathedral of Hope’s Anniversary (July)
- Abiding Contentment (August)
- Look Again (August)
- Saying Goodbye to Hodges University (September)
- 14 Years of Tweeting (September)
- 10 Invitations to Conversation (October)
- Lacking Close Friends (October)
- Friendsgiving (November)
- Giving Thanks – 10 Experiences in 2023 (November)
- Top 10 Plates of Food (November)
- 2023 in Exactly 100 Words (December)
- Wrapping Up The Year of Clarity (December)
So What?
I published more posts in 2023 than any year since 2015 (my last year in full-time ministry in the context of a local congregation). And, I’ve enjoyed sharing my theological explorations with you and from learning alongside you.
I plan to continue writing about matters of faith that matter in 2024 and look forward to your comments and input in the year ahead.
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