Use the “recent posts” widget in the sidebar to highlight recent or featured posts.
*Tip: To highlight favorite or featured posts, create a new category for your posts called “Featured” (to do this, just go to the Posts >> Categories page and add a new one) and mark each one you want to feature.
To add the widget in the sidebar, go to Appearance >> Widgets and add a Genesis – Featured Posts widget to the primary sidebar. Use these settings: