My heart is heavy with the news of the passing of Charlie Kirk.
At first I couldn’t believe it.
I found myself checking multiple news pages, hoping it wasn’t true.
We never met in person on this side of eternity.
Had we met, we would have found strong disagreements, and agreements alike.
And we would have been OK with that.
Because disagreement doesn’t have to mean disconnection.
What none of us should be OK with is choosing violence instead of dialogue.
Charlie himself once said:
“Find our disagreements respectfully, because when people stop talking, that’s when violence happens. You start to think the other side is so evil that they lose their humanity.”
Those words cut deep today. They remind us that beyond politics, ideologies, or affiliations, we’re still human beings. Husbands, wives, parents, children, friends. And when we stop talking, we stop seeing one another’s humanity.
This isn’t about agreeing with everything Charlie stood for. I didn’t. Maybe you don’t either.
But it is about recognizing that our societies are starving for spaces where people can hold tension, wrestle with differences, and still see each other as people, not enemies.
My heart goes out to all who will miss him as a husband, father, son, brother, and friend.
And my hope is that his passing will not just leave grief behind, but also a challenge:
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To keep talking.
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To disagree without dehumanizing.
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To choose dialogue over violence.
Because thoughts and prayers are not enough.
And blaming the other side is not the solution.
Connection is. Dialogue is.