In a post entitled “Three Course Corrections: An Open Letter to Mitt Romney,” I wrote back in January that Romney should not be afraid to “let his faith flag fly.” I took some heat from some of my friends for criticizing the campaign openly, but my intention was to be constructive, so I forwarded the post to some friends in the Romney campaign. While I’m certain that my post had no influence whatsoever, it represented a common sentiment in certain quarters that Romney was being over-programmed by his advisors and that he should not be afraid to let the American people see his Mormon convictions.
Romney was, in light of all the mockery and insults that are thrown in the direction of Mormonism, understandably reticent to bring his faith out into the light. But evangelicals, I said, would actually be more comfortable with Governor Romney if they saw the real Romney a bit more. For all our significant political differences, I knew that Romney prayed and sought God’s will and sought to live a life of obedience and service. So I wrote:
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