Author: Dad
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General Life Update
In 2020 I found out I was losing my job at IBM. I hated my job at IBM. Grateful to have a job, which is why I kept it for a couple of years and I enjoyed some of the people I worked with, but ultimately the atmosphere and lack of insight into any feedback…
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Dear Enzo – 2021
Year in Review 2021 has been a year. A year in which you were baptized, you learned to read, you solved a Rubik’s cube, and you lost your 2 front teeth. I am extremely grateful for the amount of energy you bring to this family. Wanting to be active, playing, reading, and constantly doing something.…
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The Home Depot
In April of 2020, I found out I was being laid off from IBM. In the beginning of the pandemic, when 40+ million people didn’t have jobs. I was terrified. I just saw the headlines about how unemployment numbers had skyrocketed, I didn’t really think about what type of positions were impacted. When I saw…
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Enzo Baptism
Enzo, it was an honor to baptize you. As your dad, I was concerned to baptize you before I felt like you truly understood what it meant to follow Jesus and what it meant to be baptized. You showed me through your words and actions that you believed that Jesus is the son of God…
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Bible Study Notes (Numbers)
Numbers 1-2 In Hebrew “Numbers” was actually called “In the Wilderness” We’ve been following this family for almost 2700 years God asks Moses to take a census Sometimes they would do this in prep for war (counting soldiers) Judah’s tribe is the largest of the twelve More than twice the size of any other tribe…
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Bible Study Notes (Leviticus)
Leviticus 1-4 Levites are descendants of Levi, one of the 12 tribes of Israel They are appointed to be priests in the tabernacle Priest = mediator between God and people 3 ways of being Unclean – people are in general unclean Clean – This book is about how to become clean Holy – God is…
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Bible Study Notes (Exodus)
The Exodus is one of the most controversial books in the Bible in my opinion. Many scholars and historians don’t believe it actually happened. So what does that mean for Judaism, Christianity, and Islam? 3 major religions in the world believe in God facilitating this mass exodus out of Egypt when they were slaves. Reasons…
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Bible Study Notes (Job)
Job 1-5 Lots of similarities between Noah and Job Job 1:6 refers to angels as the sons of God, including satan. God initiates a conversation with Satan about Job Satan here means adversary, one who resists, accuser. Many believe that Satan does not refer to a single being but a general term. This could mean…