Mike McLoughlin's Blog

I’d rather be writing

Mike McLoughlin — Fri, 20 Jan 2006 08:14:00 -0800

That’s the comment my friend Len at NextReformation.com made when asked what he does for a living. It captures my sentiment as well. But the hard reality is that writing is something I do on the side, while I do other things to keep my family fed and people cared for at our family medical clinic.

So I’d rather be writing. But writing takes time and there never seems ...

Entrepreneurs, love your wives!

Mike McLoughlin — Sat, 12 Mar 2005 14:09:00 -0800

I think the one thing that has most contributed to my success in life as an entrepreneur is that I love my wife!

This thought came to me this past week as I counseled with three young businessmen who are keen to get going on their business ideas. All three are married and, it seems, all three have wives that don’t really get it when it comes to the importance ...

A Cry for Authentic Christian Living

Mike McLoughlin — Mon, 03 Jan 2005 13:40:00 -0800

There is a great TV advertisement I saw recently by the Bank of Scotland. In the advert there are a group people sitting in a restaurant discussing business over lunch. A man at the table starts to choke. Another man at the table observes the man choking and starts discussing the Heimlich maneuver while the first man continues to choke and turn blue. The second man even does a ...

What am I passionate about?

Mike McLoughlin — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 14:59:00 -0800

I am passionate about Jesus.

In the summer of 1981 I was adrift. I had just completed my undergraduate program at the University of California, Riverside campus. I was at a stage in my life where I was looking for a “centre” A place, a perspective or a person upon which I could anchor my life. I had recently returned to Vancouver from undergraduate California. I was ...

A brief tour of my life

Mike McLoughlin — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 09:14:00 -0800

Happy New Year!

Welcome to my Blog. This is my New Year’s resolution. I want to write! I have some ideas that burning inside of me. A fire shut up in my bones that cannot be contained. So, here goes!

This is my life.

I am recently 46. (Birthday - November 20^th) I was born in 1958 at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Vancouver....