We were growing up in West Virginia. Everybody was poor there in the southern part of the state. It was like growing up in the Great Depression from the stories I hear people tell. Everybody was poor and so we didn't know that we were any different from anybody else.

While I am the one who made the choice to enter the ministry, there was a choice before that one, the choice God made in calling me to be his in the first place.

There are congressmen in our congregation, judges, federal reserve governors. And there are also people who are homeless and some who are mentally ill. To be able to talk to each of those people is something that I've had to learn how to do over the years.

It's not just being called to the ministry that counts.

Who do you think controls the Republican Party? Big money controls the Republican Party. This is where their campaign contributions come from.

The problem with money issued by any government is that its only value is what those in charge decree.

Money is always a pressure.

We want to make sure the military gets it right and understands that if they're going to have less money, they're going to have to spend it a lot more smartly.