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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 the south bay with his wife of 40 years. He has 3 married children and 10 grandchildren.

• Here We Go Again

  By Michael Griego on January 3, 2020 • ( 2 )

  

  We’re already days into a New Year and we promised ourselves to be different. How’s it going so far? Here are 3 directives to help you effectively establish and execute on life-changing resolve. ◊ The holiday season is over and… Read More ›

• “Mother, I’m Here”

  By Michael Griego on December 27, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  The holiday season brings families together. Sometimes there is past and present pain and brokenness that require love and forgiveness. Here’s a touching story of a love reborn two days after Christmas. ◊ How long should it take to forgive… Read More ›

• Handel’s Christmas Musical Masterpiece

  By Michael Griego on December 24, 2019 • ( 3 )

  

  You may attend a church service this Christmas week that has a choir performing Handel’s Messiah, a musical masterpiece. Do you know the full story of its composition? ♦ You’ve heard the song many times on the radio, on a recording,… Read More ›

• Christmas Prophecy Confusion

  By Michael Griego on December 20, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  We do ourselves and others a disservice when we read the Bible out of context or with rigid interpretations that miss the overwhelming intricacies and rich patterns of God’s revelation to mankind. Particularly at Christmastime. ◊ When I was a… Read More ›

• Mary, Did You Really Know?

  By Michael Griego on December 13, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Imagine the fear, wonder, uncertainty and hopeful expectation of Mary, the young mother of Jesus. Did she know what was really happening? Reconsider her story voiced in a beautiful song. ◊ It was bad enough that Mary had to deal… Read More ›

• A Great Christmas Story Rarely Told

  By Michael Griego on December 6, 2019 • ( 2 )

  

  Everyone knows the popular Christmas story passage found in the first part of Luke Chapter 2 about the birth of Jesus in a stable in Bethlehem. Many people miss the Christmas story found in Chapter 1. ◊ During these weeks… Read More ›

• The Yellow Kite

  By Michael Griego on November 30, 2019 • ( 0 )

  

  A young child’s small request causes a mother to not give up life. In this season of hope, a touching story of answered prayer when hope runs out. ♦ I read this short story every year at Christmas time to… Read More ›