Befriend God:Life with Jesus Howard Storm was born October 26, 1946 in Newton, Massachusetts. He was raised in the suburbs of Boston and summers on Cape Cod. He received his BFA form The San Francisco Art Institute, MA and MFA from the University of California, Berkeley, and MDiv from United Theological Seminary. He was a Professor of Art at Northern Kentucky University for twenty years and served as Pastor in the United Church of Christ for thirty years. He is the author of "My Descent Into Death," "It's All Love," and "Lessons Learned." He is married to Marcia Storm and they live in Kentucky with their sweet Boykin Spaniels. The "Near Death Experience" on June 1, 1985 completely changed the course of his life and he has been trying to live a life pleasing to God ever since.