The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

Dear Editor,

In my ministry, I’ve always tried to stay out of politics and publicly voicing my personal political inclinations. Why? Because I feel that my main job is to bring people together and to share the love of Jesus. The political arena can be a divisive area and can lean more on the individualistic rather than the whole, and that’s a tough area to navigate as a pastor.

However, my wife and I recently placed our first-ever political sign in our front yard, and we were asked the question “What is it about this person that you feel so passionately about? Tell me about him”. Here’s my tho...