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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.

• “Legendary” Prayer

  By Michael Griego on March 27, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  We’re told to pray, in fact, to pray continually. God is in the details. Sometimes we don’t believe it. Never underestimate the power of what can happen to a city, region, or nation when people pray. ♦ There’s a group of… Read More ›

• Living Through Challenges?

  By Michael Griego on March 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Are you struggling with a major hit to your life? Have circumstances around either your job, school, finances, relationships or family taken a downward turn leaving you reeling and confused? How does one really, honestly, live through the problems in… Read More ›

• Boys to Men – a Growth Model

  By Michael Griego on March 14, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  All men progress, or should progress, through 5 growth stages:  Boyhood, Apprentice, Journeyman, Master and Sage. What does the Bible say about this? ♦ It is quite the privilege to watch a boy come of age. Think of a young son… Read More ›

• What’s So Great About the Great Commission?

  By Michael Griego on March 6, 2015 • ( 1 )

  

  “The Great Commission” is the directive Jesus gave to His disciples – and by extension, us – to go throughout the world a make Christian disciples. This has caused a lot of activity, anxiety, and guilt ever since. ♦ About 15… Read More ›

• Time for Your Ship to Come in?

  By Michael Griego on February 27, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  Do you ever get the thought that you’ve been good, steady and paid your dues and now God owes you some reward or at least some favor in return? Be careful. ♦ One day several years ago a friend of mine,… Read More ›

• Strong and Courageous in the Marketplace?

  By Michael Griego on February 20, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  To survive in today’s competitive world requires strength and courage. People rise and fall everyday with varying doses of whatever it takes. But what does the Biblical directive to “be strong and courageous” really mean and how does it apply… Read More ›

• A Christian Valentine

  By Michael Griego on February 14, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  St. Valentine’s martyrdom story does not seem very romantic. Does the Bible say anything about love and romance?  ♦ One man, a Roman priest named Valentine, defied the edict handed down by the Emperor Claudius that prohibited the marriage of… Read More ›

• The Jesus Question

  By Michael Griego on February 7, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  If we could just keep Jesus at a human level, even a great human worthy of our respect for his teachings, life would be so much less complicated. ♦ Wouldn’t it be easier if Jesus was just a normal great man?… Read More ›

• The Parable of the Message

  By Michael Griego on January 31, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  The Word of God is for all mankind. There are Life and Death implications to how we respond. Casual response is actually not acceptable, per the ultimate Judge. The message is clear, even as told in a simple story. ♦ Some… Read More ›

• Evolution and Intellectual Honesty

  By Michael Griego on January 23, 2015 • ( 2 )

  

  If only the scientific, academic and journalistic communities would really and truthfully discuss the elephant in the room. ♦ Do you ever wonder if you’re getting the real truth from teachers, newspapers, media pundits, politicians, school textbooks, or even the scientific… Read More ›

• Was That You, God?

  By Michael Griego on January 16, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  That little hunch or fleeting notion might have been palpable, like a crystal-clear dream, vision, thought, or even small voice. Ever get those spiritual inclinations that seem so vivid yet ridiculously risky, hard, or seemingly impossible? But they seem so right. “Was… Read More ›

• Still Well With Your Soul?

  By Michael Griego on January 10, 2015 • ( 0 )

  

  There are discouraging and even tragic events in life where one’s faith is tested and stretched to breaking points. The story of Horatio Spafford is a painful example of one that yet encourages us today with the story behind the authoring… Read More ›