2022 Reflections

by Krisan Marotta | Jan 6, 2023 | News, Reflections

I have much be thankful for this year! I have reached the stage of life that Tevye dreamed about in his song “If I were a rich man”:

If I were rich, I’d have the time I lack, to sit in the synagogue and pray, And maybe have a seat by the Eastern wall. And I’d discuss the holy books with the learned men, seven hours every day, And that would be the sweetest thing of all!
– lyrics from If I Were a Rich Man, Fiddler on the Roof

2022 Highlights

Published 42 podcast episodes:
- 31 on Matthew 7-12;
- 4 on Habakkuk,
- 3 on calling;
- 4 on the Sabbath.
Published 45 new resources pages (see below).
24,841 listens for the year; average 2,070 listens/month and 477/week; 400 episodes.
Advertised on The World Everything in It podcast (just for fun).
Joined the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) challenge and completed a first draft of a book on the Sermon on the Mount (to be published in 2023).
Created a new podcast logo in December.
Got COVID and recovered without problem.

5 most downloaded podcasts published in 2022:

(These tend to be the podcasts published earliest in the year.)

04 Habakkuk 3:1-19 Habakkuk Responds

01 Sabbath: Why remember the sabbath

02 Habakkuk 1:1-2:1 Habakkuk Complains

01 When God calls: Burn your ox

02 When God calls: Rethink Greatness

5 most downloaded podcasts in 2022 overall:

18 Why have you forsaken me? Mark 15:22-41

03 Philippians 1:12-26 To live is Christ

04 Habakkuk 3:1-19 Habakkuk Responds

01 Sabbath: Why remember the sabbath

02 Habakkuk 1:1-2:1 Habakkuk Complains

5 most downloaded episodes from Matthew 8-12

(These also tend to be the earliest published in the year.)

42 Matthew 7:28-8:13 Authority of Jesus

43 Matthew 8:14-17 Jesus heals, fulfilling Isaiah

44 Matthew 8:18-22 Foxes & Funerals

46 Matthew 8:28-34 Demons & Pigs

48 Matthew 9:9-13 Eating with sinners

5 most downloaded episodes from Matthew 1-7

37 Matthew 6:25-34 Anxious for tomorrow

33 Matthew 6:11 The Lord’s Prayer: Daily Bread

01 Gospel of Matthew Introduction

35 Matthew 6:13 The Lord’s Prayer: Temptation

32 Matthew 6:7-10 The Lord’s Prayer: Thy Kingdom come

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45 new resources added in 2022

This podcast allows me to spend many hours every day in prayer and Bible study, for which I am very thankful. Truth be told, I’d do it even if know one else listened. But it’s nice to be able to share the “wealth” with you. Here’s something about WitW listeners: