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Ken Costa

Know Your Why – Part Seven –

By Ken Costa Waiting can be so hard. Many of us know all too well the sinking feeling in the pit of our stomachs when forces outside our control conspire to put our dreams on hold. In the words of the writer of the Proverbs, “Hope deferred makes the heart sick.” Yet the next ...
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Know Your Why – Part Six –

By Ken Costa The idea that God might call us into the humdrum and daily grind of the workplace is a fairly novel one to many people. There’s often a perception among Christians that our callings should have a distinctly religious flavor. Being called to full-time pastoral ...
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Know Your Why – Part Five –

By Ken Costa I was talking to a friend a few months ago who was trying to understand what it means to be a Christian witness in the secular workplace. What does it look like when someone enters the workplace with a uniquely Christian calling? Jesus told us in Matthew’s gospel ...
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Know Your Why – Part Four –

By Ken Costa I have spent the appreciable part of adulthood living in what appears to many to be two separate worlds. The first is the financial and business world, and the other is the church-based preaching and teaching world. You might assume that these worlds inevitably ...
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Know Your Why – Part Two –

By Ken Costa I recall sitting with my immediate boss in a lunchroom overlooking London Bridge. I was working for one of the leading global financial institutions as the deal maker for new transactions. It was that time of the year so many of us love and hate: the end-of-year ...
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Know Your Why – Part One –

By Ken Costa Each of us has a history, a personal story that gives meaning to our lives—and also to our fears. Often those main storylines are colored not by strong and encouraging narratives but by anxious thoughts of uncertainty, bad experiences with home and family, traumatic ...
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