Comments on: The Appalachian Trail

By: Brad

Brad — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 20:53:51 +0000

Mike,
Congrats on the popularity…you know they call the thru-hike of the AT “a walk of 5 million steps.” Coincidence that your topic on this 1 million hit day is the AT–I’d like to think not. My ‘97 trek of the AT (with the trail name “Optimist”) was the best 6 months of my life until my twin daughters were born last year. It was a spiritual experience. If you ever think about that end-to-end, I can pass along some of those experiences.
Brad

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 20:39:26 +0000

Don’t stop blogging! Your blogs have provided my friends and I with hours of great theological discussion. Your blogs have been a huge encouragement to us and each of our ministries. Congratulations! May the Power of Christ rest upon you!
Cheryl

By: Joel Maners

Joel Maners — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 14:16:58 +0000

I used to back pack on the AT about 2 or 3 times a year. After I got married, my wife went with me. Since we had 4 kids we haven’t been able to go but maybe once every 2 years. I used to take our youth group from church. It was amazing how many lessons you could teach them on the trail.

One of the best lessons I taught was when a burden got too great for one person to carry. We would distribute most of that person’s weight among the group. You still have to carry your own load, (we couldn’t carry anyone) but we learned what it means to bear one another’s burdens.

By: Karen

Karen — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 23:12:09 +0000

So that’s what I get for going to the movies with the kids instead of sitting here checking Mike’s blog! Ah well, I’m planning to be at Zoe Fresno next January anyway. And I just finished reading “Pilgrim Heart” today (I’ll be sharing that one).

By: KWebber

KWebber — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 19:19:14 +0000

Please keep blogging–I can’t believe that one of the best sites I visit on a regular basis is the cheapest…whatta deal.

I’ll take the trip to Zoe Conference in October, Alex.

By: reJoyce

reJoyce — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 18:26:48 +0000

I can’t say as I’d blame you if you feel daunted by the thought of continuing to blog for another 13 months. As much fun as it is to say things like “he’s got 1000 times more hits than me”, I’m not sure I’d be able to manage all that comes with having so popular a blog.

By: Mike

Mike — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 15:22:47 +0000

Don’t know. The 500,000 was 6 1/2 months ago. (I didn’t have a counter for a long time.) That would mean about 13 more months. I don’t know if I have that much more blogging left in me.

By: preacherman

preacherman — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 12:26:06 +0000

Congratulations on 1,000,000 hits to your site. That is amazing! Have you thought about what your going to do when it hits 2,000,000. How long do you think that will take?

By: Brad

Brad — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:36:27 +0000

By: reJoyce

reJoyce — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 03:28:52 +0000

Congrats on 1,000,000. Seems like just yesterday you were rolling over 500,000.

Don’t despair, Jeff. You’re not doing too bad. I did the math and this blog is approximately 1120 times more popular than mine. (And mine is two months older.)

By: Jeff Slater

Jeff Slater — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:34:57 +0000

Hey — my blog hit the 10,000 mark the same day Cope’s blog hit 1,000,000. I guess that means Mike is exactly 100 times more popular than me.

Story of my life.

By: Karrie

Karrie — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:15:34 +0000

LOL, Mark

By: Mark

Mark — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 02:06:37 +0000

Karrie, I bet that next you’re going to deny that Madlyn Murray O’Hair is petitioning the FCC to get “Touched By An Angel” kicked off the air! What am I going to do about all those email petitions I’ve forwarded to everybody in my address book?

By: Karrie

Karrie — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:53:25 +0000

Just so we don’t give the NASA lost day thing more legs than it already has…

http://www.snopes.com/religion/lostday.htm

Have a great day!

By: Brad Giddens

Brad Giddens — Sun, 25 Jun 2006 01:34:14 +0000

Mark,

Ah, so you think, but are you sure???? You forgot to factor in the day the sun stood still in the days Joshua, actually 23 hours and 20 minutes. Then, of course, you have to factor in the 40 minutes that the sun went backward in Hezekiah’s day, which of course makes an entire 24 hour period, 1 day, all of which has just been recently discovered by NASA computers while trying to chart satellite orbits. So, you put all this information together, with the missing day and all, and you get 1,000,490 and that would be me. Sorry number 1,000,489. You should read your Bible more.