An introduction in any industry or business is critical and key — whether a 24-year veteran volunteer soccer chaplain or a first-year chaplain. An introduction to athletes, coaches, and staff at a football club usually come as a result of a trusted relationship or at the end of some sort of process that someone has endured. And introductions are important — whether an athlete is retiring from the game or someone is moving in or on elsewhere (think coach, executive, staffer).

Today, on the pod, I talk about introductions and take a brief look at introductions back in the ancient world and biblical times. The apostle Paul makes an introduction (really a re-introduction) of a runaway slave to his owner — the hope? That the two would be reunited and reconciled and that both of them would benefit from the mutual blessings around that work. And Paul uses a powerful letter to make that introduction.

From the Touchline is a short-feature (10-15 min) podcast with Rev Brad Kenney, Founder and Executive Director of Soccer Chaplains United and Volunteer Chaplain to the Colorado Rapids of Major League Soccer. Rev Brad and occasional guests touch on various issues around the topics of faith, family, and football (soccer).

Also, don’t forget that you can listen in our app, SoccrChapUtd, in the Apple and Google store.