Our household has been strongly affected by what was done to Charlie Kirk. I expect the effects on our nation’s future to be far more tangible than the mere emotions we’re feeling right now, as we begin to wake up to the enormity of it. My oldest son has called him a hero of his, and looked up to him. I’ve heard very little from him, and wouldn’t recognize his voice if I heard a recording, so it might seem strange that I feel so badly about the death myself. I don’t cry easily, but this made me cry. It made me angry.
It’s not strange, though. An innocent man being gunned down for speaking and representing the truth is infuriating. But it’s more than that. Kirk (fittingly, the Scottish word for “church”) was probably not much on my radar because he connected more with my children’s generation. But I knew about him, who he was, and what he represented. He is a member of the body of Christ. That shot was a shot at the Church. He was murdered for Christ’s sake, as a truth-teller.
No matter what political messages others heard, Charlie was always working from and toward that message: Serve the risen Christ. I trust that he is rejoicing in Heaven as a martyr for his Savior. Our prayers are very much with his family. These posts by others surpass anything I could possibly say:
Peace Has Been Murdered, and Dialogue Was Shot in the Throat
Since this is a linking kind of post, and not supposed to be about just one thing, I’m not going to stay on that dreadful topic any longer. I confess I’m having a hard time thinking about anything else. Some links to my own things:
Air Fryer Pork Belly Burnt Ends
Rattling the Cup for My Shoe Fund
I’ve also set up a Buy Me A Coffee page, so if you just like something I say, you can tip me $5 or more! Money is fungible, so this really just ends up as more shoes. The amount of coffee I drink is the same no matter how much you pitch in. Shoes, though!
Also, if you want coaching or just to chat because you’ve missed me on social media, we can zoom call, too! Just set it up at the link! Time is limited, of course, but we’ll work something out.
And then to some other, better things:
Young Gospel Minister (who gets two links in this post!) has been doing a fine series on Revelation. Babylon as Apostate Israel in Revelation is the latest offering.
Francis Bacon is in our 8th grade curriculum quite a lot, so I appreciate this lecture by Hans G. Shantz. We’ll be using that soon.
TACO again, this time it’s the drug ads he said he wanted to ban. Not good enough, Trump. Not by a longshot.
And finally, I found this sister’s story to be uplifting. One of the kids was mentioning a problem the other day, and I asked “You know what my advice is going to be, right?” “Yeah, Mom. Either Jesus or meat.” This dear lady found the same path: Surviving Anorexia, Sepsis, and Amputation
That’s it for this week because I didn’t think of it in time to collect a lot. Next week I should have more!
Please send memes!
What thinks have you been thinking lately? Drop interesting memes and links in the comments to your own posts or others’, please! You can even email them to me at cindy at getalonghome.com They may take a while to post, but I’ll get them up!