Welcome (& Disclaimer)

Thank you for visiting “Nothing New.” That may sound like an odd name for a blog, but it actually carries a double meaning.

First is the obvious reference to Ecclesiastes 1:9-11.

".…there is nothing new under the sun. Can one say about anything, 'Look, this is new'? It has already existed in the ages before us. There is no memory of those who came before; and of those who will come after, there will also be no memory among those who follow them."

I am under no pretense that anything I have to offer is very original. Nor am I particularly wise. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe puts it this way,

"All truly wise thoughts have been thought thousands of times; but to make them really ours we must think them over again honestly till they take root in our personal expression."

I am also under no pretense than anything I have to say is really all that important. The second meaning of “Nothing New” is found when you read the word “nothing” as an adjective rather than a pronoun. Since my last name is New, the name of the blog reminds me of my place in this world. Galatians 6:3 warns us,

"If anyone thinks he is something when he is nothing, he deceives himself."

So, there you have it. Read my blog because it has nothing particularly original, wise, or important in it.

I hope you are still interested anyway, since I believe there may still be value in the blog. I hope that through our discussions we can sharpen each other (Proverbs 27:17) and build a sense of community together. I will be posting my thoughts on just about anything and everything and I would love for you to join me. Please read my postings as they are intended - they are only my reflections, musings, observations, wisecracks, and ponderings (along with a few snide remarks to be sure). I speak for no one but myself, and even that is a bit tenuous.

(Prior to May 4, 2007, I wrote for a blog called "The Three Amigos." For the sake of continuity, I transferred the last seven posts from that blog to this one. You can still see those posts as well as all the previous ones and the reader comments there.)