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Rachel Muha

Rachel Muha writes for OSV News from Columbus, Ohio, where she serves inner-city children through the Run the Race Center and Day School. Her story can be found in "Legacy of Mercy: A True Story of Murder and a Mother's Forgiveness" (OSV, 2022).

Mother of slain college student: God bless Erika Kirk for her act of forgiveness

September 22, 2025
By Rachel Muha
Filed Under: Commentary, Gun Violence

God bless Erika Kirk for her very difficult act of forgiveness, for sharing it with us and for inspiring others to forgive. I hope it starts a tsunami of forgiveness because forgiveness can heal the world.

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