Strange Kingdom: Meditations on the Cross to Transform Your Day to Day Life

Written by Ken Costa

Narrated by Basil Sands

Experience how the power of the cross unleashes meaning and purpose in the midst of your daily life.

This meditative and spiritual reflection by Ken Costa considers the cross and the king who died upon it. Christ’s work on the cross established a kingdom that is strange indeed, if a king died on the cross in order to establish it. It is a kingdom where suffering and abandonment are transformed into the power of presence and live, a kingdom where a King exchanges gifts of great value for worthless dross, where a robber becomes righteous, and a criminal becomes the first citizen of heaven. Spend some time as Easter draws near considering the strange, upside-down kingdom, where broken things are made whole.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas Nelson
• Release date: Mar 6, 2018
• ISBN: 9780785223757

Ken Costa

Ken Costa has been a leading global investment banker, author, philanthropist and thought leader for the last 40 years. Born in South Africa, he was active in the anti-apartheid movemeent as a student leader in Johannesburg and went on to study law at Queens' College, Cambridge, thereafter becoming Chair of UBS Investment Bank (EMEA) and Lazard International. He is currently chairman of Helios Fairfax, the largest private equity group in Africa. As a supporter of investment in the next generation he chairs Glorify, a meditation app. Alongside his finance career, Ken has been heavily involved in various not-for-profit organisations including the Advisory Board of the London Symphony Orchestra and Trustee of the Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund (UK). Alongside his finance career, Ken has been heavily involved in various not-for-profit organisations including the Advisory Board of the London Symphony Orchestra and Trustee of the Nelson Mandela's Children's Fund (UK). In 2023, he was awarded the Canterbury Cross by the Archbishop of Canterbury for outstanding contributions to the Church of England. He created the highly successful Tick Tock Club for Great Ormond Street Hospital which has raised £50m for the hospital. He is Emeritus Professor of Commerce at Gresham College and was coordinator of the City's response to the Make Poverty History Campaign. He has been a contributor to the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, The Times and the Daily Telegraph. He is married to Dr Fiona Costa, with whom he has four adult children. For more information about Ken Costa and access to free resources visit kencosta.com.