Churches Were Packed, Synagogues Prayed: The Awakening Charlie Kirk Always Believed In

Folks, I hope you spent a meaningful weekend with friends and family.

I hope you went to church if you are Christian or synagogue if you are Jewish, spent some time with God, with your family, and with your community — because that’s what Charlie Kirk would have done had he not been assassinated last week.

There has been an amazing, uplifting reality in that millions of people are coming together to honor the memory of Charlie Kirk. Over $5 million was raised for Charlie’s family. Turning Point USA, which is Charlie’s organization, according to the New York Post, received 18,000 new chapter requests in less than 24 hours after his widow, Erika, spoke out about the assassination of her husband.

It’s all heartbreaking and horrifying in every way except that Charlie’s legacy is going to be that millions of people went to church yesterday who wouldn’t otherwise have gone to church. Tens of thousands of people are going to get politically involved with TPUSA. Millions more are going to take inspiration from Charlie.

This outpouring for Charlie is truly incredible. I hope that it’s some comfort to Charlie’s family.

Morgan Wallen paid tribute to Charlie Kirk at his concert in Canada. NASCAR driver Christopher Bell dedicated his win to Charlie over the weekend. Chris Martin of Coldplay, whom I have been critical of, did something similar. A wide variety of NFL teams also paid tribute to Charlie Kirk over the weekend.

One of the results of the tragedy is that mainstream people are coming together around the idea that the core values of the West include things like this: “I disagree with you, and we have discussions, and we don’t murder one another.”

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I still can’t even imagine. I cannot even imagine. Two young kids who are three and one, a young wife, married less than five years.

Erika Kirk released a video — which was truly hard to watch — of herself seated by Charlie’s casket holding his hand. She also sent an inspiring message in which she stated, “The evildoers responsible for my husband’s assassination have no idea what they have done. They should all know this: if you thought that my husband’s mission was powerful before, you have no idea what you just unleashed across the country and this world.”

Erika Kirk is very involved in the Christian community, in giving. She’s been politically involved as well. For her to pick up Charlie’s mantle would not only be appropriate but an excellent thing for her to do.

Notably, the reaction to Charlie’s death has been gigantic memorials and more people going to church — and unlike the Left when they feel someone has been martyred — no violence. I would imagine that Sunday churches were packed; that’s the report I was getting from all my Christian friends. I will say that at my synagogue on Saturday, not only was it packed, but every synagogue that I know, every single synagogue that I know, had a prayer specifically for Charlie, or a speech specifically about Charlie, talking about what he meant to the country.

Charlie is not here anymore, but he’s here so long as you pick up the microphone. We all have to pick up the microphone and we all have to carry on with his message.

The best thing is that tons of people went to church, connecting with God and looking for community. That’s something Charlie would have wanted.

Tons of people are getting involved. That’s something Charlie spent his entire life building.

Charlie’s tragic death may be the turning point for America to return to faith.

And as Erika Kirk stated, “Our God is so good. So incredibly good. And we know that for those who love God, all things work together for good. For those who are called according to his purpose.”