75,000!!!

I have not really made too many efforts to promote my own blog.  Members are aware that it is there, and once in a while I link to it on Facebook.  But for the most part, it serves to catalog my sermons.

This blog was hatched back in 2012, and it has managed to have 75,000 hits since that time.  I know that is small potatoes in the blogosphere, and maybe I shouldn't be too impressed by it either.

The #1 blog post of all time is a Local Tourist post from Campus Martius Park in Detroit at the new year on 2017.  Other highly viewed posts are from Advent in 2016.  For a reason unknown to me, this blog received a great deal of attention from roughly November 2016 to April 2017.  Then, it came back to earth again to the regular numbers.  I don't know what triggered the popularity for that brief while, but I hope whoever was checking in found it worth their time.

Nevertheless, I am grateful to anyone who has found my blog, and I hope that you have found something worth while on it.

If you would be so inclined, please introduce yourself and where you are from.  I am always curious who is among the 75,000.

Thank you, and God bless you.

10,000!!!!!

I have done precious little to promote this little LutheranSubject blog.  It is primarily a place to post my sermons.  Occasionally, I have posted some pastoral concerns.  In this way, the blog has replaced Good Shepherd's long defunct newsletter.  Of course, these pastoral concerns and similar articles have not been published with the same consistency as a newsletter, either.  I guess that means there has been less pressure to produce a monthly article.  Articles are now produced as the topic seemed urgent and the timing was permissible.

In any case, as of today, this blog has officially surpassed the 10,000 pages viewed mark.  I consider that astounding, as those who have found it have probably found it by accident rather than on purpose.  Hopefully, this blog has produced some articles, sermons, etc.... that have proven worth people's time to read through.

It would be nice to know who's been out there, especially if you have been a somewhat regular lurker.  If you would be so inclined, please let me know you who are in the comments section.  Name and city/state/country would be nice.

For what it's worth, the top 5 blog posts of all time are:
1)  Christmas Carols (secular), the Gold Standard
           http://lutheransubject.blogspot.com/2012/11/christmas-carols-secular-gold-standard.html
2)  Sermon -- 13th Sunday after Pentecost (August 18, 2013)
          http://lutheransubject.blogspot.com/2013/08/sermon-13th-sunday-after-pentecost.html
3)  Local Tourist, Edsel and Eleanor Ford Estate
          http://lutheransubject.blogspot.com/2013/07/local-tourist-edsel-eleanor-ford-estate.html
4)  Local Tourist, Detroit Ren Cen and Riverwalk
          http://lutheransubject.blogspot.com/2013/07/local-tourist-detroit-rencen-and.html
5)  MLS football vs. Merrill (October 5, 2013)
          http://lutheransubject.blogspot.com/2013/10/mls-football-vs-merrill.html

I really don't know what conclusions to draw from that. But since I included them here, they will probably get a boost in page hits and build on their lead.

Thanks for checking in.  I will try to keep making it worth your while.  God bless you!