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Michael Griego is an active Silicon Valley businessman, consultant, author and speaker. He has undergraduate and graduate degrees from Occidental College and Stanford University. For the past 25 years he has also studied the Scriptures and taught and developed Bible study coursework for churches, seminars and home groups. He resides in northern California with his wife of 45 years. He has 3 married children and 10 grandchildren.
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My Little Girl and the Olympics
Children can bring us great highs and lows. Our daughter, my Little Girl, brought her whole family great joy this week by qualifying for the US Olympic Marathon Trials in 2028. ♦ I’ve long noted that there is something special about… Read More ›
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Believe It or Not – It’s Christmastime
Whether people honor the birth of the world’s savior or celebrate a secular culture’s happy holiday season, it’s Christmas nonetheless and a time of reckoning. ♦ In a casual conversation she initiated about religions, I once asked a young Jewish coworker what she thought… Read More ›
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The Thanksgiving Story – for the Children
The Thanksgiving Story is a fascinating lesson in faith, love, gratitude, human nature, economics, and truth. The story really should be told (or retold) to children of all ages. ♦ So another Thanksgiving is here. Happy Thanksgiving! – my favorite holiday… Read More ›
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Proverbs 8 – Wisdom Personified
Do you think of yourself as wise? Who in your life would you call wise? Have you seen this kind of wisdom in another person you admire? What is THIS wisdom all about? ♦ There’s a general consensus that wisdom goes… Read More ›
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Is Your World(view) Changing?
As the world turns, the world is changing. Did you think it would change this much? What’s going on? Maybe you’re changing as well. ♦ Have you noticed, perhaps, that fewer of your friends are attending church on a regular basis?… Read More ›
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Grandchildren Essentials
As grandparents, it’s not simply that “you get to spoil them and then give them back.” It’s so much more than that. ♦ This past week in the middle of that intense 9th inning of Game 7 of the World Series between the… Read More ›
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Pious Fraud or the Real Deal?
We tell ourselves and others that we really love and trust God. But we really love and trust ourselves more. Are we a fraud or the real deal? ♦ Many Christians have wonderful intentions and live even pious lives. We go… Read More ›
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The Jew & Gentile Reconciled?
Jew and gentile, Christian and secularist, conservative and liberal – is it possible to align? Sure it is. But only God’s way. ♦ With a negotiated peace agreement in the Middle East, there might be some reason to hope that a… Read More ›
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Evolution of a Lesbian Professor
She transitioned from an outspoken lesbian activist and tenured university professor to a Christian full-time mother and pastor’s wife. How does that happen? ♦ In her recent book, Five Lies of our Anti-Christian Age, Dr. Rosaria Butterfield, addresses an upside-down world… Read More ›
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Religion and Politics – Why Not?
We may as well face it. Religion and politics do mix. Why shy away from it? Can we now be honest? Here’s some perspective gained by looking at historic Israel and contemporary America at a culturally similar time. ♦ Remember when… Read More ›
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The Male Growth Model – Update
Is there a model for ideal male growth and development? Yes. Have we lost our way? Not necessarily. Review this updated 5-stage male maturity model and be encouraged. ♦ All around us today are models of strong men, weak men, good… Read More ›
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The Charlie Kirk Effect (vis a vis Jesus)
In the wake of the Charlie Kirk assassination, there continues to be a natural human dynamic that drives people to one extreme or another. It’s actually an attraction or repulsion of Jesus. ◊ There seems to be an interesting shift across… Read More ›
Biblical Viewpoint 