(Post by: Lilly Hobbs)
One year.
One year since Charlie Kirk was assassinated.
I still find myself stopping to watch every clip that comes across my screen. I listen to old speeches. I replay interviews I’ve already heard a dozen times. For just a few minutes, it almost feels like he’s still here, still challenging us to think, to lead, and to refuse complacency.
And then reality settles in all over again.
My heart still breaks for Erika and their two children. While so many of us grieve from afar, they live every day with an empty chair at the table, birthdays without a husband and father, and the list goes on. I can’t begin to imagine that kind of loss.
Charlie’s death impacted an entire generation. He taught countless young people that ideas matter, that courage matters, and that we’re not too young to defend truth. He challenged us to stop sitting on the sidelines and become stewards instead of spectators.
His death changed my generation.
It changed me.
And it changed The Few forever.
What started as a ministry focused primarily on the Church became something bigger. It became a calling to equip Christians to faithfully engage both the Church and the American Republic. His life reminded us that our faith should shape every area of life, including the public square.
Over the past year, I’ve found myself returning to one thought that I shared with you last year, just a month after Charlie was assassinated in a blog post titled, “Some Unrighteous Grand Assault“…
“I believe what you and I are witnessing right now, as a result of the unrighteous grand assault that was Charlie’s death, is that his death has powerfully, radically, and miraculously made a way for life.
I only pray that the fire is intense enough that what the enemy gets in the bargain is hundreds of times more Charlie Kirks. May the enemy regret this unrighteous grand assault in every generation that follows.”
I pray that’s true.
I pray that because of Charlie’s faithfulness, thousands of young men and women will stand up with even greater conviction. That they’ll love Christ, love truth, love this country, and refuse to compromise. That what was meant for evil will, by God’s grace, become the spark that raises up generations of courageous leaders.
Dennis Prager said it well:
“There’s a saying among the timber workers in Oregon: ‘You never know the height of a tree until it falls.’ That’s the case with Charlie.”
How true those words have proven to be.
One year later, we still miss his voice. We still grieve. We still wonder what could have been.
But we also keep building.
For Charlie.
For the next generation.
And ultimately, for the glory of God.
The Few 
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