How J. J. Watt continues to change Houston
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
4.9 • 576 Ratings
🗓️ 28 August 2018
⏱️ 5 minutes
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J. J. Watt is using his influence to help Houston recover from Hurricane Harvey. This podcast explores three ways his example leads to a life of significance. For more news discerned differently, or to receive the Daily Article via email, please visit denisonforum.org.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, I'm Jim Denison with Denison Forum, and this is the Daily article for Tuesday, August 28, 2018. |
| 0:07.0 | J.J. Watt has been named NFL Player of the Year and voted numerous times to the Pro Bowl. |
| 0:13.0 | He's one of the most dominant defensive players in professional football, but what he's done off the field in response to the devastation of Hurricane Harvey has made the greatest impact. |
| 0:22.4 | It all started with an Instagram video he posted on August 27, 2017. |
| 0:27.6 | Quote, I want to start a fundraiser, because I know that these recovery efforts are going to be massive. |
| 0:33.3 | I know there's going to be a whole bunch of people that we need to help get back on their feet. |
| 0:37.6 | Whatever you can donate, please donate to help these people out. |
| 0:41.7 | Watts set up a page on youcaring.com with a $200,000 goal, then donated $100,000 to start the effort. |
| 0:48.8 | To this point, $41.6 million has been given, making it the largest crowdsourced fundraiser in history. |
| 0:57.4 | On the one-year anniversary of Hurricane Harvey, the funds raised by J.J. Watt are continuing to |
| 1:03.0 | rebuild the city and help the people he loves. |
| 1:07.4 | President Trump announced yesterday that a bilateral trade deal has been reached with Mexico. |
| 1:12.7 | The Dow Jones gained 259 points and the NASDA closed above 8,000. |
| 1:17.6 | And NASA determined that an asteroid the size of the Great Pyramid of Giza will miss our planet by 3 million miles. |
| 1:24.4 | That's the good news in the news. |
| 1:26.7 | Meanwhile, the Jacksonville shooting victims have been |
| 1:29.3 | identified as a father and an ex-high school football player. The Los Angeles Coroner's Office announced |
| 1:35.1 | yesterday that actor Jackson O'Dell, who passed away two months ago at the age of 20, died of an |
| 1:40.6 | accidental drug overdose. And the Pope continues to face questions about the ongoing |
| 1:45.6 | clergy abuse scandal. The persistence of bad news calls for persistence from those who would make good news. |
| 1:53.1 | As J.J. Wat reminds us, the need goes on long after the headlines stop. There are three life |
| 1:59.4 | principles here for followers of Jesus. One, if God has called |
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