John Krasinski and Dwayne "the Rock" Johnson surprise a father for Christmas: The humility to receive our Father's best
The Daily Article
The Denison Forum
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🗓️ 24 December 2020
⏱️ 7 minutes
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THE DAILY ARTICLE FOR DECEMBER 24, 2020
Actors John Krasinski and Dwayne Johnson surprised a father and his family for Christmas. Today's podcast tells their story, then we focus on the transforming power of humility.
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| 0:59.1 | John Krasinski became famous for his role in the TV sitcom The Office and for his work as the lead actor in the Amazon spy thriller series Jack Ryan. |
| 1:09.1 | He is married to the famous actress Emily Blunt, with whom he has |
| 1:13.0 | two daughters, but he has become famous during the pandemic for another reason. His occasional |
| 1:18.1 | video series, Some Good News. Episodes are both satirical and inspirational. He has featured the cast of |
| 1:25.6 | Hamilton singing to a small girl who wanted to see the play |
| 1:29.3 | but could not because of the quarantine. Episodes have included Oprah Winfrey, Stephen Spielberg, and |
| 1:35.3 | Martha Stewart. He has featured Robert De Niro and George Clooney reporting on the weather. They look |
| 1:41.0 | outside and tell him what they are seeing. But his Christmas video might be the most |
| 1:45.6 | inspirational yet. Krasinski interviews a man whose wife died three years ago. This father has struggled to |
| 1:52.7 | find work, but wants to give his two children, ages 11 and 8, a better Christmas. So he decided to sell his |
| 1:59.7 | entire comic book memorabilia collection on eBay |
| 2:02.6 | to raise funds for them. His collectibles were very important to him, but Christmas for his |
| 2:08.7 | children mattered more. He tweeted Duane the Rock Johnson, asking him to retweet the message |
| 2:14.5 | that he was selling his collection. Johnson then joined Krasinski's interview with |
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