I would like to encourage you to reconsider your description of Eugene Peterson’s “The Message” at http://bible.gospelcom.net/languages/index.php?language=english&version=MSG . Far from capturing the “subtle connotations of meaning that are often lost in English translations,” The Message often exchanges these connotations for something totally different. Theological concepts are omitted, sin is downplayed - particularly by omitting reference [...]

First and foremost, a bit of good news: I received my acceptance, today, to the M.A. program in Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Chicago. That’s a great program, so I’m quite pleased about that news. Although I haven’t made an official decision on where I’ll be, this is a nice option.
Also, in today’s [...]

The current national debate on homosexual marriage has brought to light - again - one of the nastiest tactics used in “discussion” that I know of. That tactic is labeling those who disagree with you “phobic” or “hateful.” What it usually looks like is this: if I express the belief that homosexual marriage is wrong, [...]

This site is now valid HTML 4.01 Transitional! What does that mean? Well, it should load/render a little faster, give slightly more relevant search results in the search engines, and just work more smoothly, especially if you’re using a Mac, Linux, or something non-Micro$oft.
In other words, not much, as far as your experience is concerned. [...]

I’m still here. February was a slow blogging month, partly because it was a busy working month. Topsail has a lot going on, so I haven’t kept up with my site the way I would like to.
Grad school decisions have started coming in; I’ll post more information when I know where I’ll be in the [...]

I’m proud to announce that Topsail Consulting has been chosen to design the new website of the World Basketball Association’s Southern Crescent Lightning. We are proud sponsors of the team and look forward to seeing their presence boost the Southern Crescent communities of the Metro Atlanta area.