凱爾．斯佩勒（Kyle Speller）是美國職業籃球隊丹佛金塊的牧師，也是球隊的播報員，他嘶吼式的播報方式最廣為人知。在冠軍聯賽中，他會對著麥克風大聲疾呼：「開始吧！」現場的數千名NBA球迷，以及數百萬觀看和收聽比賽的球迷都會對斯佩勒的呼籲做出回應，他也因此獲得2022年全明星賽場邊播報員的提名。他說：「我能感受到群眾的情緒，營造主場的氛圍。」他表示自己說的每一句話都是為了榮耀上帝，即使在電視節目和電台廣告中也是如此。他補充說，自己在工作中所做的一切，都是為了那唯一的觀眾──上帝。

在寫給歌羅西教會的書信中，使徒保羅也強調了同樣的價值觀。當時，教會裡有人懷疑基督的神性和權柄，而且這樣的懷疑已滲透到日常生活中。因此，保羅寫道：「無論做什麼，或說話、或行事，都要奉主耶穌的名，藉著祂感謝父上帝。」（歌羅西書3章17節）

保羅還說：「無論做什麼，都要從心裡做，像是給主做的，不是給人做的」（23節）。對斯佩勒而言，這也包括他擔任球隊牧師的角色，正如他說：「這是我在這裡的目的⋯⋯播報球賽只是錦上添花。」願你我為上帝做的工作也如此深具意義，都是為了那唯一的觀眾。

As the “voice of the Denver Nuggets,” team chaplain Kyle Speller is most known for his rip-roaring, public address announcing during the championship basketball club’s games. “Let’s go!” he thunders into the mic, and thousands of onsite NBA fans, as well as millions more watching or listening to the action, react to the voice that earned Speller’s nomination as the 2022 All-Star Game PA Announcer. “I know how to feel the crowd and kind of set that home court atmosphere,” he says. Still, every word of his voice artistry—featured also in TV and radio commercials—is to glorify God. His work, Speller adds, is “just doing everything for an audience of One.”

The apostle Paul stressed a similar ethic to the Colossian church, whose members let doubts about Christ’s divinity and sovereignty seep into even their practical lives. Instead, wrote Paul, in “whatever you do, whether in word or deed, do it all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God the Father through him” (Colossians 3:17).

Paul added, “Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for human masters” (v. 23). For Kyle Speller, that includes his role as a chaplain, of which he says, “That’s kind of my purpose here . . . and the announcing is the icing on the cake.” Our own work for God can be just as sweet for our audience of One.