The Top Ten Posts of 2015
I’ve actually written less blog entries this year than any other year. I attribute that to an insane schedule and heavy demands on my time at church this year. I promise I’ll do better in 2016.
I’d love to hear in the comments what your favorite post on the blog from 2015 was. It may not be represented here. To review the year, just click on the Archives link at left (or here). Leave your vote in the comments.
Here’s my top 10 posts of 2015:
10. When will football catch up with Kevin Kelley? (September 5)
He’s been featured in so many sports articles and newscasts now. He’s known as “The Coach Who Never Punts.” Kevin Kelley is the football coach of my alma mater, Pulaski Academy, in Little Rock, Arkansas. Ironically, they are the Bruins (same colors and mascot name as Blacksburg).
9. Merry Christmas from Starbucks… or not? (November 9)
I had no idea Christians could get so stupid. Well, I did, but I just hated to see the latest “outrage.” Starbucks released their new holiday cups recently, and they’re all… (wait for it) … red. Solid red. There’s not a snowflake or even a “Happy Holiday” on them. So apparently, people are blowing up the internet with how Starbucks hates Christians or something…
8. Congratulations, son (May 22)
I was 29. Carolyn was 26. We had been married for almost five years when March 18, 1997 landed us in Baptist Medical Center of Little Rock. This was the first time in our marriage that we were happy to be in the hospital. In fact, it was prior visits to and encounters with doctors and chemotherapy and radiation that had led us to believe we wouldn’t be in the hospital on that March for the reason we were. Carolyn was pregnant. Very pregnant…
7. Denied (January 17)
Denial. When it’s a river in Egypt, it conjures up placid boat roads and dusty history. When it’s in reference to an appeal for a PET scan to Anthem, it’s not cool. We got the word yesterday (Friday) that Anthem had officially denied our oncologist’s appeal of their initial denial of a PET scan for Carolyn…
6. The “Supreme” Court, indeed: thoughts on the same-sex marriage decision (June 26)
Image: Mark Fischer/Flickr
It was a text message from one of our young adults in our church that alerted me to the results of the ruling:
“Hey I know this is so random but I’m sitting here watching the news about the Supreme Court decision for same sex marriage and I’m struggling. I have no idea what to think or how to handle it… I’m sad because it’s just another example of the world turning from the Lord, but so many of my peers’ eyes are on my reaction as a Christian. How do I still love but not agree? I don’t know what to say
