Hello and Welcome

I figured my first post has the be the obligatory "Welcome" message, so here we go.

Hello and Welcome!!

So .. my first blog post. Who would have thought?

For as long as the whole blogging world has been around, I've had mixed feelings about it. For some people I think it is a great way for them to share their thoughts and ideas, and many of their friends and family benefit greatly from the insights or even just random topics they decide to share. But then there are the vast majority of blogs that are little more than a waste of time, both the time of the blogger and the time of those who bother to read it. Not only do they have next to no content, what little they do have is not very appealing. Or at least not to me.

Most sites are probably little more than a good journaling exercise - very few people even know it exists, much less have any interest in reading it. Of course there are those bloggers that have exceptional content and somehow garner a large following from around the Internet world. I would bet that most of those bloggers are the types that are really fun to talk to in person and can carry on a conversation just about by themselves in whatever format that conversation takes. Not to mention that I've also thought that it takes a small bit of arrogance to think that everyone else out there wants to know my thoughts on everything.

That leads me to my attempt here at creating a blog. I never thought this day would come, me writing a blog. I have never viewed myself as having a lot to say. Of course I think I have really good insights and could have some good content, but then don't we all think that? I have never been the great conversationalist that would carry a crowd with my witty talk, but I have just come to the conclusion that none of that matters. I was looking at the newly rolled-out blog for my church, where you have the ability to add your own blog on the blog roll, and I was thinking, "yeah right. Like I would ever have a blog." Then some thoughts that were started with some books I am reading just jumped out at me, making me realize that I do have some content for a blog, and maybe someone would find it interesting, and maybe even useful.

My first reaction to learning a friend of mine has a blog would most likely be a neutral to borderline negative one, but in contemplating whether to start one myself or not I will have to say my preconceptions about blogs have been challenged. And if you have the same viewpoint or preconceptions I did - then maybe yours will be too.



I'm not going to be publishing this out to lots of lists or trying to push it - I am not the type to think that everybody needs to hear my views or to be aggressive in trying to get people to read them. Mainly this will be just my attempt at putting some of thoughts down (I was going to say on paper, but that won't work); whether anybody reads them or not is of secondary importance. But if you do somehow find your way here and have an opinion on my opinions, feel free to comment.