Damon West’s story will reach a global audience at 7 p.m. Wednesday, courtesy of a guest appearance on Eternal Word Television Network. People here can watch it on Spectrum Channel 48, Dish Channel 261 or Direct TV Channel 370.

It would be worth your time.

West’s book, “The Change Agent: How a Former College QB Sentenced to Life in Prison Transformed His Life,” draws upon his Christian faith and upbringing in a spiritual home to explain his recovery from the depths of drug addiction and subsequent life of crime. He’ll appear with the Rev. Mitch Pacwa, a Jesuit priest, linguist and theologian who, like West, holds passion for ministering to prisoners. The two met at a conference on prison ministry and have struck up a friendship.

West is the former Thomas Jefferson High and University of North Texas quarterback who, after injury ended his career, made a steep descent into drug use and crime. Sentenced to 65 years in prison, he came to grips with his personal failures, righted his personal course while behind bars and chose a path of redemption. Since leaving prison on Nov. 16, 2015, he’s focused on sounding a warning to others and expressing the possibility of hope, even from the depths of a cell.

“This is completely a God thing,” he said of his scheduled EWTN appearance. “There’s no other way to explain it. So many doors have opened to me provided I go out and serve others and be a positive force for change.”

That’s what West and his book are all about these days. He’s reflecting the message of the “coffee bean,” related to him by a wiser, older prisoner — “Mr. Jackson” — when he entered the system in 2008. The lesson went like this: When he entered prison, he could operate from neither cruelty nor weakness, but must beneficially change the atmosphere in which he lived — much like a coffee bean affects the water in which it rests. If you want the specifics, read the book, for sale at the Museum of the Gulf Coast. Or tune in Wednesday.

Here’s why it’s worth your time: Although Damon West slid differently than most of us into human weakness, he’s reclaimed and surpassed what he was. Now he’s an author, responsibly employed, nearly done with a master’s degree, with a second book due out. He’s seen the bottom of human frailty and evil, and rebounded into a better place.

That’s a life lesson we might all ponder. Each of us in our own lives tries, fails or falls short. But if our best efforts work to benefit those around us, if we beneficially change the atmosphere in which we live, we’ve achieved something special.

Start here: Tune in to EWTN on Wednesday.