Last night, I had the opportunity to ring in the New Year with a bunch of awesome kids from our church and community. We had a great time playing and celebrating.

And then, at the stoke of midnight, I sent a text message to my wife, who was at home with our younger kids, wishing her a Happy New Year and a Happy 20th Anniversary.

Our twenty years have been full and fun, and we expect many, many more! The past few months have been fun too, right here on JeffRandleman.com.

Since my transition away from youth ministry to preaching ministry, I’ve been able to focus a bit more on my writing and reading. That excites me, since those are a couple of my favorite things to do.

I’m looking forward to what the coming year has in store for this blog and for my family!

In case you missed them, here are my top seven posts for the month of December:

1. Our Tradition: Christmas Eve Candle Light Service
2. The Difference Between Purpose, Vision, and Mission
3. 6 Characteristics Of A Good Communicator
4. Why You Need To Develop A Philosophy Of Ministry
5. Trying A New Bible Reading System
6. 4 Strategies For Making A Daily Routine Stick
7. Why A Daughter Needs A Dad

December was an odd month for my blog traffic. While a few of the usual posts still made the list, they didn’t stack up like they have in months past. A couple of the usual ones were from the Foundations of Youth Ministry series. And the top post is from our Christmas family traditions series. No surprise there; that’s pretty typical for this time of year.

However, one post from my good and bad communicators comparison made the list, along with a post from my series on developing a daily routine. Both of those are from the past few months, instead of being from previous years. That’s encouraging to me, telling me that both my older content continues to be relevant, and my newer stuff carries the same qualities.

And, out of the blue, the last post on the list really took me by surprise. This post never shows up in this list. On looking at a longer scope of statistics, though, I can see that it comes close. It made the top ten for the entire year. Who knew?

A couple of other major events that finished up in December are the completion of my series on 1 Timothy, along with the encouragement to memorize those passages with me, and the release of the 2014 Bible Reading Plan ebook.

My favorite post from December was a series on How To Stay Encouraged. I have one more installment to be added to this series, and it will come in early January. The holidays kind of slowed things down a bit. But, that was a fun series to write.

Happy New Year! I pray that you get the most out of 2014!

If you are a blogger, leave a comment with your top post for the month. If you don’t blog, leave a comment with a favorite post or blog that you read this month.