From the Wizard’s Desk — March 20
I remember when I was in junior high, the phrase “What Would Jesus Do?” was everywhere. People wore WWJD bracelets as a reminder to pause and think before they acted. It was a good idea—simple, practical, and rooted in something meaningful.
But over time, it drifted. It became a trend. A style. Something people wore because it was popular, not because it actually shaped how they lived. You’d see someone make a terrible decision with a WWJD bracelet on their wrist, and you realized the symbol had outlived the substance.
I’m starting to see something similar happening today—just in a different arena.
There’s a growing tendency to ask, “What would Charlie do?” And more than that, people are claiming they already know the answer. You’ll hear things like, “Charlie told me…” or “In private, he believed…”—as if they alone carry the final word on what he stood for.
The problem is, all of these “versions” of Charlie tend to conveniently support the speaker’s own position.
That should raise a flag.
What’s really happening is that a widely respected figure—someone whose character and message resonated across different factions—is being co-opted after the fact. People are using his name to lend weight to their own arguments, to steer conversations, and in some cases, to claim authority they don’t actually have.
It’s not about honoring him. It’s about leveraging him.
So the takeaway here isn’t a hot take—it’s a caution.
Be careful when someone invokes a figure like Charlie Kirk as final proof of their position. There are too many conflicting claims to take any of them at face value. More often than not, you’re not hearing Charlie—you’re hearing someone using Charlie.
And it’s worth remembering: he was just a man. Maybe a good one. Maybe even an influential one. But still a man.
If we’re looking for a true north, it can’t be found in any personality that can be reshaped, reinterpreted, or repurposed after they’re gone.
It has to be something steadier than that.
Scripture. The principles behind the Ten Commandments. The idea, embedded in the Constitution, that our rights come from God—not from men.
Those don’t shift depending on who’s telling the story.
So pay attention. Stay grounded. And don’t let someone else hand you a borrowed compass.