by Mike | Jun 19, 2018 | Bible, Corona del Mar, surfing
“When we work, we work, but when we pray, God works.” Bill Hybels To a young surf grom growing up just a few blocks from the beach in Corona del Mar in the 1960’s (see Corona del Mar and Growing Up), Bruce Brown’s epic surf movie “The Endless Summer” had a deep-rooted...
by Mike | May 3, 2018 | Heaven, New Beginnings
“I can see how it might be possible for a man to look down upon the earth and be an atheist, but I cannot conceive how a man could look up into the heavens and say there is no God.” Abraham Lincoln There’s a topic that is so important to me, and to the writing of this...
by Mike | Nov 4, 2017 | Heaven, Silicon Valley
”What is your life? It is a mist that appears for a little while. Then it disappears.” James 4:14 When I first heard about Steve Jobs death I was working Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco (October 5, 2011). I had walked up to the Apple Store near Union Square to...
by Mike | Oct 12, 2017 | Life Coaching, Silicon Valley
“The serious business of Heaven is joy.” CS Lewis I have a dear friend who for several years invited my son and I to join him and his son to Opening Day of the San Francisco 49ers season at the now defunct Candlestick Park. It was always a memorable day, which...
by Mike | Sep 26, 2017 | Corona del Mar, Heaven, Silicon Valley, Uncategorized
“Then God blessed the seventh day and made it holy, because on it he rested from all the work of creating that he had done.” Genesis 2:3 God was setting an important example for us when he rested after six days of work in the opening book of the Bible. Work is a...