Charlie Kirk’s passing pushes bestselling writer again to religion and church

The homicide of Charlie Kirk continues to have an effect on many Americans and others around the globe.

Speaking just lately on the “Nothing Left Unsaid” podcast, No. 1 New York Times bestselling writer Jack Carr — a loyal father of three — mentioned that the assassination of Charlie Kirk has prompted him and his household to decelerate and return to their roots.

“I think we are impacted by Charlie Kirk’s assassination the way a lot of people are,” mentioned Carr. 

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“First, [we’re] horrified that things like this are happening [across the country],” he mentioned. “And we’ll be putting the phones down and going back to church like we did in the past,” he added. 

Carr mentioned that like many others, he and his spouse immediately understood that “our kids [were] witness to this.” 

Jack Carr, bestselling writer and a father of three, is pictured at left; Charlie Kirk is proven at proper. Kirk, Turning Point USA co-founder, was killed on Sept. 10 on a university campus in Utah. (Jack Carr/Revolution Studios; Trent Nelson/The Salt Lake Tribune/Getty Images)

Given that Kirk’s homicide was proven on-line in actual time, “my kids saw it before I could get to them,” he mentioned. “And that has also caused a reexamination, not just for a lot of people out there, but for us as a family as well.”

He went on, “So we’ll be making some changes because of this. We got too busy with life.”

“The broadest message [of Charlie Kirk] is that of faith and family.”

Carr mentioned that “when our middle child was born, we stopped going to church, because it was just hard to take him there with his special needs. So that’s been difficult,” he mentioned.

“Family dinners have been difficult,” he added. “You’re having to take care of someone with special needs, and the other kids are done with their dinner in five seconds … and you’re still trying to, you know, work, essentially … and love [all three] kids the same.”

Jack Carr, bestselling writer, is proven throughout his years serving the nation within the U.S. navy.  (Jack Carr/Simon & Schuster)

Carr continued, “So we’ll be going back and reexamining just how we’ve gotten too busy. And really be slowing down a bit because of this.”

He mentioned that Kirk’s influence on individuals has been “huge” and can proceed to be.

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“Unfortunately, it’s in death,” mentioned Carr within the podcast interview. “But it’s going to amplify the message — and the broadest message is that of faith and family.”

Carr, the creator of “The Terminal List,” has a brand new novel, “Cry Havoc,” simply out. It’s the subsequent installment in his “Terminal List” collection. 

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His nonfiction guide, “Targeted: Beirut: The 1983 Marine Barracks Bombing and the Untold Origin Story of the War on Terror” with co-author, navy historian and Pulitzer Prize finalist James Scott, was printed final yr. 

He shared an unique excerpt from it final fall with readers of Fox News Digital in Sept. 2024. 

Kirk is proven talking earlier than he was assassinated throughout Turning Point’s go to to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday, Sept. 10, 2025. (Tess Crowley/The Deseret News through AP)

He is at the moment engaged on one other nonfiction guide and stays concerned in plenty of “Terminal List” tasks. 

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Carr is a former Navy SEAL Task Unit commander and sniper with deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. 

He has mentioned he knew from age seven that he needed to be a SEAL — and likewise a author. 

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In the times following Kirk’s assassination at Utah Valley University on Sept. 10, many individuals have been referred to as to return to church, to buy Bibles and to follow their religion as soon as once more. 

An picture of slain conservative commentator Kirk was positioned at a memorial in his honor, at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, Sept. 29, 2025. (Jim Urquhart/Reuters)

Social media platforms have additionally seen quite a few posts from individuals saying they plan to attend church for the primary time or return to church because of Kirk’s affect, as Fox News Digital beforehand reported. 

Ashley DiMella of Fox News Digital contributed reporting.