Centered
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Brown, Jason, 1983- author. | Asay, Paul, author.
Title: Centered : trading your plans for a life that matters / Jason Brown with Paul Asay.
Description: First edition. | Colorado Springs : WaterBrook, 2021.
Identifiers: LCCN 2020022396 | ISBN 9780593193358 (hardcover) | ISBN 9780593193365 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Obedience—Religious aspects—Christianity. | Vocation—Christianity. | Brown, Jason, 1983- | Farmers—Religious life—North Carolina. | Christian biography. | African American football players—Biography.
Classification: LCC BV4647.O2 B755 2021 | DDC 270.092 [B]—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020022396
Ebook ISBN 9780593193365
Interior book design by Diane Hobbing, adapted for ebook
Cover design: Jessie Sayward Bright
Cover photograph: © James Ross/Stocksy
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