Podcast Episode 5 - Stress
Stress is defined as ‘the adverse reaction to excessive pressure.’ The implications of stress are huge. Discover the difference between stress and pressure. Listen to some Biblical strategies to deal with stress.
Podcast Episode 4 - Work-Life Balance
Many people feel they do not have enough time to do all they need to in a day. How often do people say ‘I don’t have time’? Juggling work, family, faith and church can be a challenge. Find out how you can start to get the correct ‘work-life balance.’
Podcast Episode 3 - Tough Decisions
Everyone has to to make tough decisions in life. Find out how to make good decisions and wise choices.
Podcast Episode 2 - Ambition and Life Choices
Radiohead said ‘ambition makes you look pretty ugly’ and Jonny Depp called it a ‘dirty word.’ Ken Costa gives his view on Christian ambition and some advice on how to make life choices.
Podcast Episode 1 - Work Matters
Understand why your work is important. Hear Ken Costa outline a theological context for work and why all jobs can be holy.
Facing up to the uncertainties of the future
As the World Economic Forum gets underway in Davos, Ken Costa writes in The Times.
The banking crisis, politicial tensions and the threat of terrorism fuel international fear…
The annual gathering of Davos is always a stimulating way to start the new year, offering a chance to discern the critical trends lying ahead for the global economy. Beyond the eclectic seminars and high-visibility plenary sessions that frame the formal agenda for the meetings, it is always fascinating to find out what the underlying, and often unexpressed, key issues are.
Tellingly, the closing session of this year’s forum, to be led by Tony Blair, is on the unsettling, if prevailing, topic of: “Why are we afraid of the future?”
I am particularly looking forward to the debate on two topics that have been given high prominence this year: sovereign wealth funds; and the role of religion in the global economy.
Tony Blair will be spearheading a discussion on the implications for the global economy of religion and faith communities in the world. It will need his skills to steer the discussion on faith and modernisation, something that is never easy when the debates are theological and not economic.
Will faith-based societies be a restriction or an advantage in developing the global economy? As the corporate landscape changes, and companies become more involved in the communities of the developing world, new corporations will emerge in strongly religious societies. So the debate on the relationship between the business community and the faith-based world can only intensify.
Davos is ahead of the curve by giving this debate the prominence it deserves. Many institutions lack the basic tools for undertaking co-operation, dialogue and effective decision-making in the context of intensely held religious views. Davos could help in creating such a model and so helping to diffuse one of the most serious fears for the future.
God at Work in South Africa
Ken Costa has been invited to speak at the Rhema Conference 2008: Radical Christianity, near Johannesburg.
The conference takes place from the 26th to 29th February at the 7,600 seater auditorium at Rhema Church in Sandberg, taking place over 4 days with approximately 4000 delegates attending. Other speakers include Brian Houston from Hillsong, Joseph Prince, John Bevere and Jentezen Franklin.
Ken will be speaking at two workshops and a breakfast event.
Rhema Church is South Africa’s largest church and is led by Pastor Ray McCauley.
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God at Work Podcasts
Nicky Gumbel, the vicar of HTB and pioneer of the Alpha course has interviewed Ken Costa, the author of God at Work for a series of Podcasts based on the subjects from the book.
The series includes topics such as stress, tough choices, ambition and why work matters.
God at Work Course
God at Work is developing a course, which will look at some of the issues discussed in the book, for use in small groups. Please contact us if you're interested in receiving more information about this.
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God at Work in the Media
God at Work has been featured in The Times, Radio 5 Live, the FT and Business Day.
