“In our pilgrimage on this earthwe sometimes fail to seeall who the Lord touches through usin simple words and deeds.”

“If life wanted to hand me lemons I was not only going to make lemonade, but I'd use the zest for cookies, plant seeds for future fruit and turn the rind into compost to grow flowers, all the while giving thanks for lemons.”

“I see the world in the face of the elderly and the heavens in the face of a child.”

“Sometimes, on our way through the world, we meet someone who touches our heart in a way others don't.”

“There is a time for faith, Bishop, and a time for action. It would be a foolish man who stood on a battlefield and faced an army with a Bible in his hands. We are here to do the bidding of our Lord Almighty, but it is through deeds, as well as piety, that we serve Him.”

“If our words are not consistent with our actions, they will never be heard above the thunder of our deeds.”

“Our forefathers’ deeds touch us, shape us, like strokes of a painting. In endless procession their deeds mark us. The Elders speak knowingly of forever.”