So What Faith

Greg Smith

Celebrating 11 Years of So What Faith (#1875)

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I started this blog in June 2009, and have been writing about matters of faith that matter ever since.

Thank You

Thanks for your support! Your readership, engagement, and encouragement are a tremendous gift.

Today I pause my normal content creation to reflect and to celebrate.

Ministry 

Over the last 11 years I’ve spent most of my time serving four congregations and an ecumenical mission center:

These experiences have provided me with innumerable opportunities to grow as a follower of the Way of Jesus, and have informed and often inspired my writing.

Writing Over Time

I never set out to blog with a set frequency or to continue blogging for more than a decade. The discipline of blogging, however, has become a meaningful part of my faith journey.

My first five full years of blogging (2010-2014) I published between 172 and 365 posts a year. The next five years (205-2019) I published between 53 and 94 posts a year. Half-way through the first year of a third five year period, I’ve posted 30 times or at an annualized pace of 60 posts a year.

Most Popular Posts

The all time most popular So What Faith posts (since adding Google Analytics to the site in 2013) are

  1. Prayers of the People – Youth Sunday (2009)
  2. Pastoral Prayer – Love (2014)
  3. Review of Not a Fan (2011)
  4. 12 Marks of Convergence Christianity (2012)
  5. My Visit to Next Level Church (2012)
  6. Sermon: Lost –> Found –> Party (2015)
  7. Reading the Whole Bible (2010)
  8. The Acceptable Year of the Lord (2011)
  9. Review of the Good and Beautiful God (2011)
  10. Theology on Tap (2011)
  11. Top Church Websites (2012)
  12. 6 Decades of Decline in the United Church of Christ (2018)
  13. Are 10,000 Churches Closing Every Year (2019)
  14. A Sensory Maundy Thursday Service (2014)
  15. American Religion from 1970 to 2010 (2012)

So What?

So What Faith has always been and will continue to be a blog devoted to exploring matters of faith that matter.

As we move into the second half of 2020 and beyond, this site will continue to feature timely, relevant, and faith-centered content. And, So What Faith will continue to offer challenging “so what” questions designed to nudge readers beyond academic consideration to meaningful conversations and personal application.