Once again, as the old year passes and the new year beckons, it is my custom to look back at my most viewed posts of the year. I started this blog in 2009 and 2022 was our best year for both views and visits. This year wasn’t quite as good, but we still had 63,922 views and 50,310 visitors. I thank everybody that came by.

I began this blog as mostly theology and a place to post my writings and sermons. But early on I started posting pictures and recipes of my food. All of those can also be found at my cooking blog “Rick’s Recipes.”

This year’s most visited posts reflect the diversity of my postings. There are two book reviews, two sermons, four recipes, and two posts about cooking and cookbooks.

So, here are the top ten most viewed posts of 2023:

“All My Knotted-Up Life: A Memoir” by Beth Moore

“Enough” by Cassidy Hutchinson

“Hearing the Word of God from Unexpected Voices”

Greek Lemon Chicken Soup with Orzo (Avgolemono Soup)

Rick’s Kung Pao Chicken with Snow Peas

Rick’s German Pancake (Dutch Baby)

Slow Cooker Chinese Short Ribs

“Thy Kingdom Come!” A Sermon for Christ the King (Reign of Christ) Sunday

Did You know I Have a Cooking Blog?

My Favorite Cookbooks

And here are the top ten most viewed posts since 2009 that were viewed this year, all but two of them are sermons:

Why did Jesus refer to Herod as “That fox” in Luke 13:32”? (This one had over 10,000 views!)

“Pity the Nation” A Poem for our Time by Lawrence Ferlinghetti

“Breaking chains, Opening Doors” A Sermon on Acts 16:16-34

“Distracted by Many Things” A Sermon on Luke 10:38-42

“Displaced Persons” A Sermon on Jeremiah 29: 1-14

“God Gives the Growth:” A Retirement Sermon

“Of Fig Trees and Second Chances” A Sermon on Luke 13:6-9

“Rejoice! Rejoice!” A Sermon for the Third Sunday of Advent

“Rich Toward God” A Stewardship Sermon on Luke 12:13-21

“On Holy Ground” A Sermon on Exodus 3:1-15

Just a friendly reminder that this is an open-source free site, and you are free to share content with attribution. But remember “Thou shalt not steal!” I appreciate your support. Thanks for coming by and come again in 2024.

(Photo: R.L Floyd, 2023. The photo is of the marsh behind our house.)