I love it when people help me find good things to read. The Internet has made that infinitely easier; sharing articles, photos, and videos is an intricate part of what we do. That’s one of the main things I look for on Twitter, and my principal activity on Twitter is sharing links.

David Smith regularly shares his “this went thru my mind,” a collection of links on subjects of interest to him. Ed Stetzer does something similar with his “Morning Roundup.” I want to begin to do the same in The Kitchen.

I principally read in these areas:

• Theology (duh)
• Immigration
• Technology (particularly as it relates to non-profits and churches)
• Travel
• Sports (particularly the San Antonio Spurs)
• Cuba (because of the work that I do there)

There are other blogs and things I find interesting along the way, like the work of the Pew Research Center, Seth Godin’s blog, and some of the unusual or funny news stories. Those are the sorts of things I would share. I’ll probably limit some of the things (like Spurs stories) that I find mainly of interest to me.

Some questions for you:

• Would it be better to post these links at the bottom of other posts or make them separate posts?
• Is it better to group links thematically or just post them soon after finding them?
• Should I stick to posts that directly relate to things that have been discussed on this blog, or would people also be interested to read about travel, technology, etc.?

Thanks for reading and for sharing your thoughts!

photo from MorgueFile.com

I’m not usually a big fan of people publishing their “top posts from the past year.” However, this past week I found several excellent posts that I had missed during the year, finding them through yearly summaries the authors put on their blog.

So, on the outside chance that you find something worth reading, here goes last year’s most read posts:

Barhopping in the Kitchen — That’s right… the most read post was a bunch of bad jokes.

Audio from Ray Vander Laan — I’m glad that people are accessing this material. I actually posted this two years ago, but it continues to get lots of views.

Ecclesiastes: Money is the answer for everything! — This post is even older, yet garners a lot of interest. Either people are intrigued by that verse from Ecclesiastes or they’re hoping that money really is the answer for everything.

Mark Driscoll on the Regulative and Normative Principles of Worship — I’m guessing that Google was my friend on this one; people that want to know what Driscoll has to say were finding out through my blog.

“My Word will not return unto me void” — Another older post that still generates traffic. It’s actually on the blog twice; both posts still get a lot of reads.

The Decline of Pacifism in Churches of Christ — I’m glad people are interested in this topic. So many people don’t realize how the churches of Christ in general have changed their position over the years. (And yes, this is a 2011 post)

Bilingual church vs. bilingual ministry — Lots of people are interested in this topic; glad that this post from 2009 can be a good resource for them.

Tempocentrism — Look, it’s a post from 2012! Written on January 3, this post had a lot of time to gather views. And I think it says some good things.

Lament — This post was fairly recent, so it’s traffic numbers are significant. However… some of the traffic is due to the graphic I used from Richard Beck’s blog.

OK, so there you have it. As a blogger, it’s interesting to see that much of what gathered interest on my blog was the work of other people. Not necessarily a bad thing, as I see it.

Now I’ll have to find some new things to share with you.