Walking Humbly from the End Zone
In May 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from the Arizona Cardinals and a $3.6 million contract to enlist in the United States Army. Eight months...
This is a contemporary on sacrifice and duty, drawing on Micah 6:8.
In May 2002, Pat Tillman walked away from the Arizona Cardinals and a $3. 6 million contract to enlist in the United States Army. Eight months after the September 11 attacks, the twenty-five-year-old safety and his brother Kevin quietly reported to a recruiting station and signed up to become Army Rangers. What made Tillman's decision even more striking was what he refused to do afterward: talk about it.…
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