Coach Joe Kennedy and Actor Eric Close on the Film "Average Joe"

Lighthouse Faith

Scripture says, "The battle belongs to the Lord", (1 Samuel 17:47). Coach Joe Kennedy can attest to that. His whole life of trials and frustrations, anger and pain, were preparing him for a battle over the right to pray on a football field. Kennedy is famous for winning a Supreme

Court case in 2022, after being fired for praying on the 50 yard line after

every game, as he promised God he would do, win or lose. Now a major motion

picture will be released about his life and court battle. Actor Eric Close

(Nashville, Suits, American Sniper), portrays Kennedy in the film.

On this episode of Lighthouse Faith podcast, Kennedy and Close talk about making the

film, and how they worked together in understanding Joe's journey from being a

forgotten child, tossed between homes and growing up angry, to becoming a

Marine, marriage, and then to a high school football coach. All the while, says

Kennedy, God's hand was there. He says, "I didn't see until later in life

that God had his fingerprints all the way from when I was in the womb, and all

those trials and tribulations I went through. I didn't see how they fit all the

puzzle pieces into the bigger picture, and it prepared me for the Marine Corps,

prepared me for this battle."

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