My productivity on Darkened Glass Reflections took a big drop from 2023. That year, 112 articles appeared on this site. In 2024, there were only 53 articles, including only five in the last three months of the year. Despite that drop-off, the total number of readers skyrocketed over 60% higher than the previous year.

Many bloggers will be able to understand why I published fewer articles later in the year. It is not that I lost interest: other obligations took priority. About 20 years ago, I stepped down at assistant pastor at my former church, and my wife and I have been attending Church of the Intercessor, which is a cathedral within the International Communion of the Charismatic Episcopal Church (ICCEC). Since then, I have remained active in lay ministry, but in the last few months felt that the Holy Spirit was calling me to pursue ordination within the ICCEC. A new round of seminary course work is taking up much of my time. Pray for me that I can balance my increasing responsibilities with family, and that I would still find time to write this blog. I would be thrilled if I can get back to writing one article per week.

Now that I have explained the decline in the number of articles published this year, here is a list of the ten most-read articles on Darkened Glass Reflections in 2024:

• A New Heart, A New Life—Ezekiel 36:25–27 (published September 4, 2016; #1 in 2022 and 2023; third most-read article on Darkened Glass Reflections ever)
• Reflection on Mark 9:38-41 (published August 16, 2013; #7 in 2023; sixth most-read article on Darkened Glass Reflections ever)
• Why We Seek Jesus—John 6:26–27 (published April 2, 2017; #5 in 2023; seventh most-read article on Darkened Glass Reflections ever)
• Remaining Alert—Luke 21:34–36 (published July 2, 2017; #6 in 2023; fourth most-read article on Darkened Glass Reflections ever)
• “Love One Another” (John 13:34-35) (published November 14, 2021)
• Inherit the Land! (Matthew 5:5; Psalm 37) (published August 16, 2022)
• Storing Up God’s Word—Psalm 119:9–11 (published April 4, 2018)
• Understanding the Deep Waters of the Heart (published December 10, 2017; #2 in 2022 and 2023; second most-read article on Darkened Glass Reflections ever)
• Setting Your Mind Where It Belongs—Romans 8:5–6 (published August 12, 2018; #8 in 2023; eighth most-read article on Darkened Glass Reflections ever)
• Thoughts on the Love of God by St. Augustine (published August 28, 2021)

Teaching, Reproof, Correction, and Training in Righteousness (published in 2012) remains the most-read article of all time on Darkened Glass Reflections, but it dropped out of the top ten list for the first time since it appeared. It fell to #18 for the year.

The most popular articles published in 2024 (based on total “likes” and views) were:

• Christians, Elections, Church, State, and Culture (published November 4, 2024).
• Give Thanks in All Circumstances (published November 28, 2024).
• The Words of Christ—Mark 2:5-12 (With Thoughts About the “He Gets Us” Ads) (published February 22, 2024)
• Intercessory and Corporate Prayer (published September 16, 2024)
• Worship and Warfare (published December 15, 2024)
• “Lord, To Whom Shall We Go?” (published February 1, 2024)
• Faith and Fruit (Matthew 7:15-20 (published June 17, 2024)
• The Purpose and Power of Prayer in Jesus’ Name (published September 29, 2024)
• “Do Not Judge”: The Paradox (Matthew 7:1-6) (published May 5, 2024)
• Living Sacrifices: Worship in Daily Prayer (published October 6, 2024)

Please click on the links if you missed any of these articles or would like to read them again.

Thank you for taking the time to read Darkened Glass Reflections over the last 12 months. Please come back for more in 2025! God bless you always.

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