I come from Des Moines. Someone had to.
God is willing to walk the earth again incarnate in us.
If Christ lives in us, controlling our personalities, we will leave glorious marks on the lives we touch. Not because of our lovely characters, but because of his.
We learn to believe by believing. We learn to love by loving. The practice of acting on a certain thing, even (or especially) when feeling is absent, embodies the entire "how" of growth.
There is no one anywhere as available to everyone everywhere as is God.
Laughter at oneself is always proof that god has healed us in the touchy places!
With God, life is eternal-both in quality and length. There is no joy comparable to the joy of discovering something new from God, about God. If the continuing life is a life of joy, we will go on discovering, learning.
I was a nut for Dostoevsky. You can tell a lot from what people read between those ages. My brother was a Steinbeck freak and now he lives in a little village in New Hampshire and he's a baker.
Well, I don't think Hollywood's a dirty word at all, I love a lot of Hollywood films.
Once I've designed something, I immediately move on to the next thing.
The test of a successful person is not an ability to eliminate all problems before they arise, but to meet and work out difficulties when they do arise.