Score-keeping isn’t exactly the kind of thing that’s beneficial to anyone — whether that’s performance reviews at work or counting your side of the proverbial bargain. God only saves those who don’t pull their own weight, score-keepers and freeloaders alike. And besides … quality can’t be measured well by its hit count. Many splendid articles fail to catch the winds of virality (and vice versa). Didn’t Van Gogh die penniless? Wasn’t Freaks and Geeks cancelled after just one season?!?

No, we don’t believe in score-keeping … but our Google Analytics most certainly does. And Google never lies. To that end, and without further ado, here are our most popular articles, memes, and videos from 2022. (Click here for last year’s round-up.)

Enjoy!

Most Popular Articles Published in the Past 12 Months:

1. The One Where Matthew Perry Met God, by David Zahl
2. More Like Chris Rock Than Will Smith, by Sarah Condon
3. 17 Years at Mars Hill: Life After Disillusionment, by Matt Johnson
4. I Asked A.I. to Write My Christmas Sermon, by Todd Brewer
5. No One’s Making a Docuseries About Ordinary Churches, by Jason Micheli
6. Let’s Talk About Bruno, by Todd Brewer
7. The Relief of Lent, by Sarah Condon
8. Six Spooky Novels to Haunt Your Daydreams, by Ian Olson and Blake Collier
9. The Moms Are (Still) Not Alright, by Jane Anderson Grizzle
10. The Pastor You Got, Not the Pastor You Wanted, by Tasha Genck Morton

Honorable Mentions:

Robert Farrar Capon’s Table Talk, Follow the Devil / Follow the Light, Pandemic Pastors and What Remains, Rejection, Connection, and Persuasion.

Most Popular Posts on Facebook (Not Mentioned Above):

I Can’t Hear Your When You Yell So Loud, Stuck With Ourselves, Too Tired to Be Holy,

Most Popular Meme on Facebook: 

This one, by a mile.

Our Favorite Jokes in 2022:

I’m still laughing about this one:

… and who doesn’t love a good Ven Diagram?:

Most Watched Videos:

1. “The Cure of Souls,” by Simeon Zahl
2. “Hope for the Home Lost,” by Sarah Condon
3. “What Kind of God Is Waiting for You Back Home?,” by Chad Bird
4. “The Insanity of Christian Hope,” by Todd Brewer
5. “History, Horror, and Hope,” by Tom Holland
6. “The Terror of Being Our Own,” by Kara Slade

COMMENTS

---

One response to “Pot Kettle Black: Keeping the Mocking-Score in 2022”

1. Keeping the Mocking-Score in 2023 - Mockingbird says:

   12/27/2023 at 8:00 am

   […] post-Christmas reading, here’s a list of our most popular articles and videos from 2023. (And click here for last year’s […]

   Reply