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Faith, Football, and Finding Your Purpos...

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Have you ever been in the middle of something hard and wondered whether you're supposed to fight through it, pray it away, or just wait? Jason Jackson Jr. grew up in De Kalb, Texas, a town of 1,200 people, with a mother working as a janitor and a father sentenced to decades in prison before Jason could walk. What he carries from that childhood isn't bittern ... Show More
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