Apr 15, 2021Member-onlyWhy are Christian holidays different from biblical holidays?Questions from a Christian friend #3 This week, a Christian friend of mine wrote me questioning why her religion observed certain holidays. Below is a peek into my inbox to see how I responded. “I have knowledge of the paganistic beliefs that were infused into the Christian religion that are false and coincide with the pagan…Christianity6 min readChristianity6 min read
Apr 15, 2021Member-onlyShould Christians act like Jesus?short answer: I don’t know, that's not my religion Questions from a Christian friend #2 This week, a Christian friend of mine wrote me living a life that looked like Jesus’ life. Below is a peek into my inbox to see how I responded. “my idea of Messianic Judaism is that as believers in the WHOLE…Christianity3 min readChristianity3 min read
Apr 15, 2021Member-onlyIs “messianic” Judaism offensive to Jews?Questions from a Christian friend #1 This week, a Christian friend of mine wrote me about their theological and practical religion questions. Below is a peek into my inbox to see how I responded. My friend wrote: “I would like to preface this by stating that I am aware that Jews do not consider messianic jews…Jewish3 min readJewish3 min read
Oct 9, 2020Civil Discourse is Lost in AmericaThis post is about my belief that the Hebrew language can solve the core problem we have in America concerning the lack of civil discourse. The Hebrew word for “understanding” is בינה (pronounced: “Binah” or more simply, “Bee-nah”). The root of the word בינה is בין (pronounced: “Bain” or “Beyn”…Hillel2 min readHillel2 min read
Jan 29, 2018Everyone farts…nobody caresWhile running the Miami Marathon this weekend I realized that I could fart freely and no one would know. Running a marathon gave me a small glimpse of how the world as a whole works. In life, we are all running our own race. What we are supposed to focus…Running2 min readRunning2 min read
Dec 3, 2017High School dropout to 60k…the story of my friend IsaacDropped out of high school at 16? Thats okay, you can still get your income to $60k… My friend Isaac went from delivering sandwiches at Jason’s Deli to managing a team that produces millions of dollars in sales per month. Raised by a single mom, Isaac dropped out of high…Dropout10 min readDropout10 min read
Nov 10, 2017Be a people person, it will get you anywhereThis is a post about my friend Joe. He barley graduated from high school, dropped out of college, and didn’t have a real job till almost 30. The reason Joe is successful now is because during the course of his life, he mastered the art making people like him. …Call Center8 min readCall Center8 min read
Apr 7, 2017Middle Class to Middle Income, $60,000 in 3 yearsDarryl Bellamy is from a middle class family, took out loans to attend college and didn’t have a car until he was 21. Darryl chose to attend UNC Charlotte after high school where he majored in Business Management. First Internship Darryl got his first internship through a program called, “InRoads”. Inroads helps…Consulting Firms11 min readConsulting Firms11 min read
Apr 7, 2017Couch surfing to consulting …the success story of my college roommateWould you be too proud to get a second job if you already had a 9–5? Darryl Bellamy went from sleeping on a friends couch to hustling his way to the senior levels of corporate America. He crossed the $60k mark by age 25. Wanna here his story? …Life Lessons5 min readLife Lessons5 min read
Mar 31, 2017A Funny Thing Happened On the Way to JerusalemCiti® Mobile Challenge (I wrote this in June of 2015, posting it to Medium today) In January, my friend Brock Wright and I entered the Citi Mobile Challenge in an effort to defy the status quo of mobile banking. The submission process was tough. We made it past round one, round two and…Fintech2 min readFintech2 min read
