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Free Christmas Gift

How would you like to receive a free Christmas gift?

(prepare yourself for major disappointment, this is the lamest gimmick I ever lowered myself to to boost views at theBridge.)

If you haven’t already registered to receive an email every time a new post is published here at theBridge you can do so by giving yourself the Christmas gift that lets you know every time a new blog post is published. That’s right, a Christmas gift in your email box every time. It’s kind of like Christmas all year long. You can even set up a separate folder in you junk-mail folder and the notice is automatically dumped so you don’t even have to become annoyed by the frequency of posts.

All you have to do is click on that cool looking “follow” button down there on the lower right hand corner of the page. Go ahead, give it a try.

Doing so will make it seem easier to ‘un-like’ me on Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. That’s what happens every time I publish a post that deals with marriage, truth, or other serious matters in the church. The facts are not all in yet, but I do believe that my public figure profile page saw more people ‘un-liking’ me than ‘liking’ me in 2014. The good news is, that with a public figure profile I won’t ever know if you ‘un-liked’ me.
hangingchadAll the numbers guys are working really heard right now to get the end of the year numbers ready for us. I’ll have the year-in-review report soon and I’ll unveil all the statistical facts of theBridge traffic. It does actually appear to be a record setting year of views and traffic at theBridge, this is very exciting. So, if you hurry up and subscribe to theBridge, an email will arrive soon with all of the numerical data.

Merry Christmas!

Interview with Jeff Norton (tBC004)

Listen in to a recent conversation with Jeff Norton (recorded on January 22, 2014) pastor at NorthRidge Fellowship in Jerome, Idaho. This interview was conducted at our favorite place to meet, Chick-fil-A. Enjoy!

00:00 – Meet Jeff Norton
03:00 – Meet Jeff’s Family (the Norton Clan)
05:30 – Conversion (Ephesians 2:1)
09:16 – Inward Calling and Outward Calling
11:53 – Go West, Young Jeff, Go West!
17:53 – Significant Books

22:02 – Advice to Young Preachers
28:46 – Sermon Preparation
30:45 – Romans 8:28
32:22 – It’s A Good Day to be the Church
35:36 – The Gospel
41:35 -Conclusion

Thank you Jeff Norton and NorthRidge Fellowship. Share this interview with others

 

theBridge Annual Report

Here are a few boring statistics of the 2013 year in blogging here at theBridge followed with some explanations of what to expect in 2014 (Lord willing).

This is actually my first full year with my blog being hosted at WordPress. I began blogging at LiveJournal in 2001, when I moved to Twin Falls, I used it so infrequently that I can’t even remember log-in and password data, and the email address attatched to to the account has been inactive for years. I am likely glad that those earliest entries into the blogging world are locked up in an online vault somewhere in cyberspace. I began consistently blogging in 2006 at www.bridgebloggin.blogspot.com (I thought that was such a cool name then, now I’m embarrassed of it). In blogging years that may make me as old as Methuselah.

I’ve never causes a server melt-down because of high traffic volumes. I’m sometimes amazed at what gets read and what doesn’t get read. I posted 151 posts in 2013, setting a new record for me. Those 151 posts generated 20,722 pageviews from over 62 countries. (all statistics are from Google Analytics and Reporting)

Total visitor count:

  1. 8,484 from United States
    • In the USA visitors from every state except Maine and Vermont
      1. 3,618 from Idaho
      2. 797 from Utah
      3. 614 from Texas
      4. 403 from California
      5. 243 from Colorado
  2. 215 from Haiti
  3. 70 from Canada

Most visits in one day:

  • November 13 with 752 visits (the day after my movie review of the Saratov Approach)

Most Viewed posts:

  1. Saratov Approach
  2. Hebrews 13:3 Day
  3. Freedom of Speech
  4. Is Your Church Youth Group Even Biblical?
  5. UNICEF and Planned Parenthood

All in all, I continue to enjoy writing. My readers have grown to accept (and enjoy at my expenses) the grammar, spelling, and typos that frequent my site.

What can you expect in 2014? I hope to continue writing. If for no other reason it is a helpful exercise for me to put thoughts and ideas in print and the feedback, push-back, sharpening, agreeing, and disagreeing with thoughts are helpful and even enjoyable. It is good to be challenged on thoughts and then exercise being kind while explaining and expressing. Not always successful, but a good discipline for me to be in.

GEIn 2014 I plan to launch my first weekly podcast (internet broadcast). I’m scheduled for my first broadcast to air on Monday, January 6, 2014. On this broadcast I hope to lay out the plan for each week and then aim to discipline myself to sitting down every week and publish the weekly broadcast. I hope you’ll consider listening in. It will be hosted here are theBridge. I don’t know if it can technically be called a “podcast” because I have not set up an iTunes account and will simply host it here (for now).

Last night, Renee helped me with the opening and closing (bumpers) for the broadcast. She’s a natural. Here is a sample of the how the show will open and close.

Welcome to the New Bridge

theBridge began in 2006. One Thousand posts later, theBridge now has a new look thanks to the tech help of our tech department (Renee.) The first 999 posts are still available here. More Changes will come to soon to finalize some details and address some glitches as I learn to navigate and post entries. Welcome (back) to theBridge.

We hope that the site is easier to navigate through and share with your friends on various social media. Help spread the news.

A voice is calling,
“Clear the way for the LORD in the wilderness;
Make smooth in the desert a highway for our God.
“Let every valley be lifted up,
And every mountain and hill be made low;Continue Reading

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