Thank you to all of you who followed my blog this year. I am humbled and honored, and a little bit freaked out by it all sometimes.

The blog had about 48,000 views this year, from 118 countries. I posted 583 times. 644 pictures. Many came by Google search. Top referring sites were Facebook, GulfCoastSynod.org, Lutherans.com and good old Twitter.com. Best day was 6,778 views.

Here are the most visited posts in 2012. I was surprised to discover that the third and fourth most visited posts on my webpage in 2012 were things I posted in 2011. One of my top posts was a guest post.

I’m amazed that this year Facebook surpassed my blog in its reaching capacity. I now have about 10 times as many followers on Facebook as on this blog. Thanks for following here and on Facebook! Happy New Year!

Mike RinehartBishop, TX-LA Gulf Coast Synod