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• The Yellow Kite

  By Michael Griego on December 16, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

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

• The Preposterous Christmas Story

  By Michael Griego on December 9, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  There’s just one problem for all of us in dealing with the preposterous story of the birth of Christ:  it’s true. ♦ In our modern culture many will summarize the life of Jesus as the wise rabbi who preached and taught… Read More ›

• Christianity in Cuba

  By Michael Griego on December 2, 2016 • ( 5 )

  

  I had the opportunity to visit Cuba in 2002 and meet persecuted Christians. I got a glimpse of what life must have been like for the 1st century Christian church. ♦ With the death of Fidel Castro this past week, it’s… Read More ›

• Thanksgiving – an Economic Story

  By Michael Griego on November 24, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  You know the Pilgrim story about the first Thanksgiving. Did you ever hear it as a lesson in human nature and economics?  ♦ We all know the Thanksgiving story about the Pilgrims and their first bountiful harvest of 1621. We are… Read More ›

• Praying for Self-Inflicted Wounds?

  By Michael Griego on November 18, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Are you praying or seeking prayer help for issues that arise out of your own mistakes and actions? Are you praying for the healing of self-inflicted wounds? ♦ The woman selected her grade school child’s teacher based on hearsay research. Now… Read More ›

• Upsetting Your Belief System

  By Michael Griego on November 11, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  The American presidential election has had a jarring effect on people across the nation and world. What may be upset is actually one’s belief system or program of belief. That’s not necessarily a bad thing. ♦ I read this week that… Read More ›

• God is Bigger Than We Think

  By Michael Griego on November 4, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  A tragic accident after a series of premonitions and anxious prayer. Is God real or is life coincidental? Does God care or are all things just random? ♦ The young teenager believes in God but struggles with teenage angst and rebellion…. Read More ›

• A Presidential Prayer

  By Michael Griego on October 28, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  There are Biblical implications that God is pleased or displeased by the choices of leadership. We would do well to present our petitions and prayers to God. ♦ Leaders are mere people like any of us, therefore anyone can rise up… Read More ›

• Are You Inferior?

  By Michael Griego on October 21, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Are you winning in life or are you losing? Is it you or your circumstances? Is it bad luck or bad you? Are you inferior? ♦ I recall a clever story from my youth: Seymour had an inferior car.  He determined… Read More ›

• Faith and Politics – How to Mix

  By Michael Griego on October 14, 2016 • ( 1 )

  

  Though we are certainly not a theocracy, as we angst over the election of our next President/King we may gain some perspective by looking at historic Israel at a culturally similar time. ♦ Imagine one living in the mid 7th century BC… Read More ›

• Knowing Your Spouse, Really

  By Michael Griego on October 7, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  To know someone is a good thing. To really know someone beyond friendship and accumulated knowledge is even better. What about knowing someone in a Godly sense? It’s beyond what you may think. ♦ I had an epiphany of sorts this week… Read More ›

• How Can You Be So Sure?

  By Michael Griego on September 30, 2016 • ( 0 )

  

  Is your faith built on faulty assumptions? Do you have blind faith? How can Christianity be true? Is it the only way? How can you be so sure? Got a 2 minute answer? ♦ Good questions. Certainly ones that can easily… Read More ›

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