The most embarrassing Cranach post. . . .Asking your help in identifying the 5 best posts, whereupon no one could think of ANY! (Well, towards the evening there were a few.) So let’s approach this in another way. Here are the top 20 posts on this blog based on the number of page views. (That comes largely from posts getting linked to at different sites, as well as being the subject of searches.)
So what can we learn from this? Some thoughts after the jump.
So the most popular post I’ve ever put up, by far, has been the musical musings of my brother! I’ll never live that down.
Also, the one about Pepsi’s use of aborted fetuses clearly said that the genetic material from embryos was used in a laboratory testing protocol, not in the soft drink! But I fear the post was picked up and spread by people who were accusing Pepsi drinkers of cannibalism. The title was too sensationalistic.
Other stories–such as the medieval prophecy about Pope #112 (which would be Francis) being the last one, the problems of filming more Narnia movies, that people used to sleep at night in two separate phases, and the VeggieTales creator repenting of teaching kids moralism instead of the gospel–were interesting factoids that I played a role in popularizing.
Some of these popular posts involved Christian holidays.
Others sparked some good discussion about issues we need to face as Christians.
I was glad at the popularity of some devotional and literary topics.
I guess these are kind of a cross-section of what we put up every day.
Again, I see the genre of the blog in terms of its etymology and what it was in the olden days of the internet (a few years ago): a web log. That is, a log, or record, of interesting things that the blogger found on the “world wide web.” So much of what I post comes from articles that I come across, which I then present for general discussion. I suppose the form has mutated into a forum for the blogger’s opinions, experiences, rants, or creative writing. That’s one way to do it, and I enjoy blogs like that. But this one tries to be outward looking, newsy, and informative, as well as being a forum for readers to discuss this stuff.
I suppose I should conclude this exercise by asking for your suggestions–what kinds of things do you want me to post about?–so I will, but keep in mind that the nature of the “web log” is that its unity is found in the sensibility of the blogger, what he or she finds interesting, which is a function of the blogger’s personality. So I’ve got to concentrate on things that interest me–which covers quite a large range– hoping that they will also interest you.
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