In case you missed them, here were the most popular posts in May:

Sydney Saved The Day
I Need Your Help
An Exercise in Absurdity
A 5:17 Mile
Late for Church (This post is four years old!)
Before You Go: Coffee Talk

I started this blog nine years ago.

It was a spur of the moment decision. I was setting up the first iteration of wadehodges.com and I was researching the way others had set up their sites and stumbled upon a blog. I looked into it for about fifteen minutes and then imbedded the “blogger” code on my home page and started blogging.

This blog has fulfilled a variety of purposes. I’ve used it to practice my writing, think out loud, and share my reflections on scripture, preaching, movies, music, books, family, and life. It’s been a place where I could stir the pot and generate some discussion among members of my Christian tribe. Lately I’ve been using it to field test some material for an eBook I’ll be releasing soon.

One of this blog’s biggest weaknesses, according to the professional blogging gurus, is that is has always lacked focus. The categories in my archives are all over the map. The blogs I most enjoy reading are usually focused on no more than one or two major themes, sometimes three.

Moving forward, I’d like to tighten up the focus of what I write about here. Before I decide how to best do that, I need some help from you, my regular readers.

In the comments below, please answer this question: What do you expect from this blog?

Even if you don’t normally leave a comment, I’d love to hear from you on this one.

In case you missed them, here are my most popular posts from April.

I Didn’t Sign Up For This!
A Letter To My Biggest Critic
Before You Go: Can You Love The Church As It Is?
Before You Go: Can You Leave Your Ideal Church Behind?
Summer Speaking Schedule

Thanks to all of you who read what I write here. After just over 8.5 years of blogging, your encouragement keeps me going.

Based upon the number of readers and/or my personal preference, here are my favorite posts of 2010 (in order of appearance):

1. Unacceptable Email Drop-In
2. Cursing Church
3. Why Do Storyteller’s Embellish?
4. The Hardest Thing You Will Ever Do
5. Believing the Worst About God
6. It was a Good Home
7. Lost in Thought
8. Advice to Young Preachers
9. Feed Me!
10. 10 Lessons from a Failed Church Plant
11. A Way Closed Behind Me
12. The F-Word (Failure)

In order to revitalize and focus the content of this blog I’ve started a separate blog in which I’ll talk all things crossfit. If you want to check it out, you can find it here.

I’ll use this blog to continue to talk about what I’m learning from launching a new community of faith, post random book reviews, and reflections on storytelling. I may also share a few of my favorite stories that I love to tell.

Thanks for reading!