"I was blessed with a beautiful marriage and a challenging career," Dole regularly tells prayer breakfast groups throughout the country. "Gradually, over many years, I realized what was missing. My life was threatened with spiritual starvation."

Darrell Green’s most important race began one evening in 1988. He was driving home from one of those personal appearances that professional athletes make – the kind that gets them good publicity but adds little to the lives of those they visit. Green had gone to a downtown Washington apartment complex, but as he made his way home, he started thinking about what he had just done.