Here is a list of my favorite posts for 2011. Not the most popular by pageviews, but the ones I enjoyed writing more than the others or ones that hold special meaning to me. They’re ordered chronologically.

1.  Beware of Restaurants with Large Menus

2. A Mean Prayer

3. A Box Full of Ticket Stubs

4. Why I’m Glad I’m My Wife and I Different Senses of Humor

5. A Letter to my Biggest Critic

6. Sydney Saved the Day

7. Waiting for Greatness

8. One Strong Belief

9. Have You Hugged a Zombie Today?

10. My Failure Was Not As Public As I Thought

Here are the top ten posts from wadehodges.com based on pageviews. I’m surprised by a couple of these, especially the two posts that are four and six years old.  I may do a list of my favorite posts that didn’t make this list tomorrow. As always, thanks for reading.

1. An Emerging Church of Christ (this post is six years old!)

2. 10 Lessons from a Failed Church Plant

3. Late for Church? (four years old!)

4. My Position on Hell (or lack thereof)

5. Church Isn’t Supposed to be Fun

6. Show Me Your Before and After Photos Part 1

7. The Church of CrosssFit

8. Advice to Church Working with Young Preachers

9. Why Churches Make Foolish Decisions

10. Show Me Your Before and After Photos Part 2

How about a little something extra for your holiday weekend?

Here are the most viewed posts from the first six months of this year. A couple of them are several years old but keep getting traffic.

My Position on Hell (or lack thereof)

Church Isn’t Supposed to Fun

Advice to Churches Working with Young Preachers

An Emerging Church of Christ (six years old!)

Why Churches Make Foolish Decisions

Late for Church (four years old!)

I Didn’t Sign Up For This

Before You Go: Can You Love the Church As It Is?

10 Lessons From a Failed Church Plant

In case you missed them, here are the most popular posts from June.

One Strong Belief

Just Released: Before You Go

Regrets of the Dying

Before You Go: Introduction

Let’s Write A Book Together