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Recalibrate Your Life

Published by InterVarsity Press, 2023

Living well doesn’t happen automatically for followers of Christ—it happens when we have planned ahead by reviewing and recalibrating our lives on a regular basis, and when we transition from one stage of life to the next. Times of transition, especially in midlife or later life, are ideal moments for recalibrating our priorities and habits.

In “Recalibrate Your Life,” Dr. Ken Boa and Jenny Abel give us the perspective and practical tools needed to evaluate our God-given gifts, talents, skills, wisdom, knowledge, resources, and opportunities so we can use them to the full extent God desires. It involves an intentional recalibration and envisioning of one’s life based on God’s universal and unique purposes for each person as we move from the demands of our careers into a deeper sense of calling. This eternal perspective allows us to live meaningfully now and into the future so that the best is yet to come.

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Recalibrate Tools

Tool 1

Rooting Your Identity in Christ

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Tool 2

Guide to a Personal Recalibration Retreat

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Tool 5

Principles and Values to Live By

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Tool 8

Assessing Your Values, Decision Style, and Readiness for Change Using the HVP

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Tool 14

Putting Your Financial Affairs in Order

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Tool 15

A Heritage Vision: What Are You Leaving Behind?

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Tool 16

The One Anothers: Investing in Relationships

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Guide

Scripture Guide for Transitions

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What Others Say About The Book

"I, like so many others, find books about life’s purpose irresistible. Purpose plus me is a compelling combination. Ken Boa and Jenny Abel’s book, Recalibrate Your Life, sets a new standard for the genre. Every chapter contains a comprehensive overview of God’s perspective on the subject, and this—coupled with interesting stories, creative metaphors, and the wisdom of sages across time—brings the content alive in a manner that compels deep reflection on the part of readers of any age."

Pat MacMillanFounder, Triaxia Partners

"Ken Boa and Jenny Abel have done it again. At a time when the world has changed as never before, we have a unique opportunity to recalibrate our life, priorities, focus, and purpose; this book provides the wisdom and the way to do just that. I highly recommend it."

Chip IngramCEO, Living on the Edge

"We all leave a legacy. Our decisions and actions today form that legacy and how we are remembered when we depart this earth. In this watershed book, Recalibrate Your Life, Kenneth Boa and Jenny Abel provide a comprehensive and robust treatment of this topic. They provide ways to think about your legacy and tools to help you realize it. Start today. Eternity is right around the corner for all of us."

Russ CrossonChief Mission Officer, Blue Trust

"Grounded firmly in Scripture, Ken and Jenny present a compelling case for regular recalibration of our lives and provide practical tools and provocative questions to keep us focused on the grace of God, allowing God to create God’s legacy with our lives. This is not only a retirement or end-of-life study guide. It is for all of life: a compass to keep our path true. This book makes you think about life today and tomorrow."

Dr. Walter C. Wright, JrExecutive Director, Max De Pree Center for Leadership

"As we are told in Scripture, the Lord our God does not change. However, our lives are subject to change in both expected and unexpected ways. We make our plans, but the Lord directs our steps. For those searching for solid ground on which to plant their feet, especially during times of movement and transition, Recalibrate Your Life is a helpful, thoroughly scriptural field guide."

Scott SaulsSenior Pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church

"Callings are seasonal, not static. If you sense God leading you into a new season, don’t embark on the journey without Recalibrate Your Life."

Jordan RaynorBest-selling Author, Jordan Raynor Books

"Ken Boa and Jenny Abel’s book is both a scholarly and a personal exhortation to the fact that we as Christians have only one life to live and one chance to live it with the eternal perspective and purpose that will matter at the end. Replete with tools and supporting glimpses into the lives of the authors and others who seek to live with eternally significant intentionality, it isn’t and is not intended to be, a quick fix but a real plan for living as a fruitful disciple."

Buck JacobsFounder, C12 Group

"Recalibrate Your Life is like a map app for a meaningful life. Chapter after chapter, Boa and Abel help readers assess their current location and move toward their desired destination through tools that are intelligent, practical, and doable tools. The exercises (which are refreshingly absent of fluff) would benefit all who breathe. But for those in transition, confusion, or indecision, this book could be the God-magnetized compass you need to take your next step with intention and infuse your next season with meaning."

Alicia Britt CholeAuthor, Anonymous: Jesus' Hidden Years...and Yours

"Your life is a God-given pilgrimage. Are you walking it with meaning and purpose? Are you investing it wisely in the people God brings your way? Fellow pilgrims Ken Boa and Jenny Abel employ Scripture and experience-based wisdom to enable you to answer yes to these questions. And they offer practical tools to help you recalibrate when you choose a new road or take an unexpected path. No matter how far you’ve traveled along the trail of life, you’ll benefit from this insightful and helpful guidebook. If you want to live well to the glory of God, this book is for you."

James E. TaylorCo-Author, Soul Pilgrimage: Knowing God in Everyday Life

"Ken Boa and Jenny Abel offer several tools throughout this book that inspire a paradigm shift in how we think about our work and calling. From offering practical thoughts on retirement to stewarding our time, talent, treasure, truth, and relationships, Boa and Abel ground everything in the unfailing, everlasting truth of Scripture. There is great wisdom in this book for anyone."

Michael LindsayPresident, Taylor University