{"id":17566,"date":"2013-09-27T15:22:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T20:22:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/?p=17566"},"modified":"2020-01-10T17:11:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-10T17:11:14","slug":"update-pastor-buddys-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buddymartin.org\/blog\/2013\/09\/27\/update-pastor-buddys-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on &#8216;Pastor Buddy&#8217;s Journal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-17567\" alt=\"Clustr Map\" src=\"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Clustr-Map.jpg\" width=\"675\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-17568 alignleft\" alt=\"Dots on map\" src=\"http:\/\/buddymartin.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/Dots-on-map.jpg\" width=\"421\" height=\"38\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><span style=\"font-size: 44px; font-family: Antic, sans-serif;\">R<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 16px;\">eaders,<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It has been awhile since I have shared the latest statistics on the readership of my blog. The ClustrMaps above allow you to see where the blog is going.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 13px;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I am deeply grateful that the Lord has given me an avenue for sharing the good news of His kingdom. I&#8217;ve had close to 120,000 readers.<\/p>\n<p>Of the over 500 entries that are available through my blog, I wanted to share the top ten entries that have acquired the most readership. 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