“What's the first commandment - a fundamentalist preacher once yelled at me with utter condescension! I replied quite instinctively - love thy neighbor. He laughed in ridicule and said - if you had actually studied the bible, you'd know, the first commandment is, love thy God - love thy neighbor is the second.

I smiled and responded - and if you had paid any attention to my pal JC, you'd know - love comes first, nothing before that.”