People want to talk to me about politics.
These conversations often come out of nowhere—or at least feel like they do. I’m a pastor at a church in the downtown neighborhood of a midsize city, and there are reliably people living on the sidewalk on my way to work. Some are asleep, others peddling, still others in line for a meal. My collar marks me as a member of the clergy, so when they approach me, it’s usually for prayer or practical help.
That’s what I was expecting when a man called me over last fall, soon after Donald Trump had been reelected. “It’s really good versus evil,” he told me, a smile on his face, “and after years of God’s punishment under Joe Biden, we finally have a godly president again.”
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