Welcome to Politics by Faith. Thanks for being here. This is the third time I've recorded

and I've never, I've never taken two takes in this podcast. The third time I've had to do a take

here. I just recorded this episode reading a poem that I thought would be helpful to a lot of different people in a lot of

different circumstances. Whether you've experienced a horrible loss in your life, I think about this

from the perspective of Charlie's parents. Think about this from his wife, his children's perspective

one day, Charlie Kirk, of course.

We have this memorial service coming up on Sunday, and I pray that it is beautiful.

I pray that God speaks through everyone who is speaking there and that the people there

who are speaking say what God wants them to say and what this country needs to hear.

I pray it sparks a revival.

I pray this Sunday is a beautiful event and good.

Before we read this poem, I want to play this clip here of a man of Frank Turrick. I didn't know this, but Frank Turk

is the author of a book that someone gave me that early am I becoming a Christian called I don't

have enough faith to be an atheist. It's my favorite apologetics book I ever read. It's the first

one I ever read. And it's amazing. And I've given it to a lot of people. It it's amazing book. I don't have enough faith to be an atheist. And he was amazing friends with

Charlie Kirk. He was actually standing right next to Charlie Kirk when he got shot. He was the man in the white hat who people are like, oh, he's making a hand signal to the, no. This is Frank Turdick. He's an amazing man and apologetic assist and uh and as you hear here a wonderful father like figure

to charlie kirk um an apologetic assist and as you hear here, a wonderful father like figure two, Charlie Kirk.

I want to play what he said first about Charlie's final moments and then go into this poem.

Now, here's what Erica wants me to relate on Sunday.

This is going to be the hard part, but maybe also the comforting part.

Charlie Kirk was literally like a son to me.

I have three sons.

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