{"id":7105,"date":"2013-01-07T01:00:36","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T09:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=7105"},"modified":"2016-05-01T21:42:59","modified_gmt":"2016-05-02T04:42:59","slug":"editors-note-january-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2013\/01\/07\/editors-note-january-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Note: January 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>by Stephen Rodgers<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And&#8230;we&#8217;re back!<\/p>\n<p>So the good news is that you&#8217;re reading this on the new and improved Beacon! \u00a0We&#8217;re now simpler and sleeker than ever, and regardless of what the resolution is on your device, you should have a truer reading experience now that the upgrade is complete. \u00a0So take a moment to poke around and enjoy the new theme. If you notice anything not working correctly, please drop me a line and we&#8217;ll get it fixed.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s never quite enough time to finish everything, so we&#8217;ll be wrapping up some of the other projects that I mentioned back in December in the weeks to come. \u00a0To celebrate the new year and the new theme however, I thought you might enjoy a quick look back on the most popular posts of 2012. \u00a0If you missed any the first time around, now&#8217;s a great chance to catch up.<\/p>\n<p>The most popular page by far was just people landing on the home page, but once you get past that we quickly get into the top ten posts:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=2168\">LBC Ministry Overview<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; A list of the various ministries that you can get involved in here at LBC. If you&#8217;re new to the church and wondering where you can serve, this list is a great place to start!<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=3903\">DTR \u2013 Hub Post<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0-The hub post for various articles and sermons on the subject of dating.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=6019\">Mission: LBC Los Angeles<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Pastor Patrick&#8217;s article announcing the LBC LA church plant.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=3897\">Hub Post Directory<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The collection of\u00a0<em>all<\/em> the various hub posts available here on the Beacon.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=6069\">Signs of Spiritual Maturity #5: Changes in Friendship<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The fifth post in Elder Peter Lim&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/2012\/01\/09\/hub-post-directory\/\">ongoing series<\/a> on spiritual maturity.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=2561\">Recommended Resources<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Our collection of external resources that we hope will be edifying, encouraging, and challenging.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4130\">Gray Issues \u2013 Hub Post<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0-The hub post for Elder Peter Lim\u2019s seven-part series on understanding so-called \u201cgray issues\u201d (or \u201cwisdom issues\u201d) in the life of a Christian<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4105\">Caution \u2013 Hub Post<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The hub post for Elder Mike Chon\u2019s three-part series on humility and pride.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=4119\">Encouragement \u2013 Hub Post<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0The hub post for Elder Mike Chon\u2019s seven-part series on encouragement.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?p=6212\">Signs of Spiritual Maturity #6: Conservative Decision Making Motivated By a Hatred of Sin<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; The sixth post in Elder Peter Lim&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousebc.com\/beacon\/?s=%22Signs+of+Spiritual+Maturity%22\">ongoing series<\/a> on spiritual maturity.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Thanks for reading in 2012, and we look forward to picking up where we left off in 2013!<\/p>\n<p><em>Pro Rege<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Stephen Rodgers And&#8230;we&#8217;re back! 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