Colin loosened the knot of his tie and glanced around the elaborately decorated office, pacing the floor as if it were a bad day in the dugout. He couldn't imagine why his new employer wanted to meet him away from the radio station.

Ellis Chapman sauntered through the entrance and extended his hand. "Nice to see you again, Colin. How's the shoulder recovering?"

"I finished therapy last month. It will never be able to take the rigors of baseball again, but it's doing fine, thanks." He had met the staunch icon of the community at several media functions over the years, before the career-ending rotator-cuff surgery forced him off the field. From there, he had moved into a temporary sports-announcing job, where he'd discovered his life's dream — spreading God's word over the sound waves.

"And the job? Is it what you thought it would be?"

When he became bored with sitting on the sidelines during the off-season of baseball, Colin had accepted Chapman's invitation to host a Christian radio show, where the spiritual and emotional challenges provided unexpected rewards on a daily basis. "I'm not missing sports nearly as much as I feared I might."

His boss grasped Colin's hand and enthusiastically pumped his arm. "Good," he said, motioning for Colin to follow him into his private office. Colin sank into the soft leather chair and waited for the point of the meeting to surface. "I've been meaning to talk to you about one of the topics you discussed on your show. We have a few skeptics in the community who think Christian broadcasting is no place for a retired baseball player. I think you've opened a lot of eyes to the fact that there are Christians everywhere, even i