I’m jumping in on the blog recapping that so many seem to be doing with a look back at their statistics for the previous year. So, here’s a look back at Trying to Follow 2007 a number of different ways.
I wrote 379 Blog Posts, viewed by over 50,000 visitors who spent an average of 1:30 visiting about 2 pages at Trying to Follow.
Top 5 Most Viewed Posts:

Why I ditched Dave Ramsey
Jena Six: Racism Still exist in the South
Failing Reading Scores = Prison Cells
Fair Trade Footwear: Walk a Mile in Ethical …

I made it on the Nick and Josh Podcast again.

Every once in a while, you run across a truly incredible person that you want to spend all of your time with. I had the fortune and privilege of marrying an incredible person about 4 1/2 years ago. She turns 26 today, an opportunity to remember how grateful I am that God brought her into this world and the impact she’s had on my life.

Find her on facebook, here, or email or call and wish her happy birthday too.

Wow, as if flash games couldn’t get any more creative. [via]

How to Tell Your Kids About Santa [via]

I’ve been driving my wife to work lately and as such I turn on the radio while the kiddo naps in the back. I get bored of the music easily and so I’ve been checking out talk radio. One of the stations I’ve been listening to is a ‘conservative talk’ station. I can tell they are conservative because anytime they’ve mentioned a Democrats name or the topics of Global Warming or Immigration it’s been prefaced by negative adjectives. They call people who believe the stuff all kinds of names, which …

9 Rules For Modern Worship Leaders [via]

Each year, Doctors without Borders publishes a report documenting the 10 most underreported stories of 2007. They are all humanitarian in nature and touch on many different places and needs throughout the globe. I believe it is an essential reading for anyone who considers themselves a global citizen.
After you read the report and view the slideshow, I’d pass it on to one or two friends who you think would be interested. And file away your knowledge on these stories to bring up a couple times through out the next few …