There are only a few more days in 2011. That is hard to believe.

But it’s been a productive year here at JeffRandleman.com.

It started off with a bang, and I wrote my first of the post of the year sitting in a Starbucks with my wife, waiting for labor to escalate.  But as it turns out, it would be another week before Abigail, our fifth child, arrived.

It was turbulent.  I lost both my dad and my step-dad on the same day, the Sunday after Father’s Day, and Heather lost her mother a few weeks later.

It was wide spread.  I took trips to Arizona, Texas, Colorado and Minnesota this year.

• I’ve written 181 posts this year.
• I’ve seen my statistics grow incrementally almost all year long, resulting in ten times the amount of traffic I saw at this time last year.
• I don’t even know where to begin looking at how the comments and discussion have grown d expanded.
• And, I was hacked. You may have already known this, but I adhere to a young earth Creationist view. And one of my posts, containing a picture of the Hubble Deep Space Field, usually generates some scathing comments from the atheistic community, most of which I delete. Someone hacked that post and masked it to delete all of my written content. I’ve corrected the page, but the issue is still there, and I’m working with some people way smarter than me to get it completely resolved.But I take it to mean that my bog is getting some great exposure to people who need to hear some Good News.  And that excites me!

So, here is a quick look at the top ten posts from the past year:

1. Hubble Deep Space Field
2. Video Review: Book Book Cases For iPhone 4 and iPad 2
3. Invisible Children: Speak Out Without Speaking
4. Book Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
5. The Maniac And The Messiah
6. Tips For Becoming More Consistent In Your Bible Reading
7. Holding History In Your Hands
8. Book Review: Sacred Pathways by Gary Thomas
9. The Difference Between Purpose, Vision, And Mission
10. The Principle Of The Path By Andy Stanley – Extended Review Part 4

Originally, I started this blog as a way to review books for a couple of publishers. So it’s no surprise that three of the best posts are book reviews, and another is my first video review.

My blog has grown to be more than just a place for book reviews, encompassing leadership and ministry, especially youth ministry. Three more of these posts fall into that category.

What does surprise me is that half of these posts were written before 2011. This tells me that the content I’m writing has a long shelf life. That’s good to know.

I scanned through many of the posts I’ve written this year, trying to determine which might be my favorite. I simply can’t decide. I’ve written so much this year, and in several different areas, that it’s impossible for me to determine what my personal favorite might be. And I still have a few days left in the year to write, and have a couple of exciting posts planned.

And 2012 will be even better!

What has been your favorite part of JeffRandleman.com this year? You can leave your thoughts in the comments section below.