What if the peace is not just an aspiration, but something we can actually experience in our work today?

Adam and Stephen sit down with Kevin Ainsworth, founder of GuideCap Partners, to discuss calling, ambition, contentment, and the burden of believing every outcome depends on us. Kevin explains why meaningful work can be part of our identity, why money fails to deliver the happiness we expect, and how defining success protects us from absorbing the world’s definition by default.

The conversation then turns to Good Word, the faith-informed AI platform Kevin is building to help people navigate real-life questions with biblical wisdom. They explore AI sycophancy, the danger of creating a god in our own image, and how technology might help us become more human without replacing the relationships and practices that make us human.

Takeaways

• Believing every outcome depends on us creates a burden we were never meant to carry.
• Calling does not require knowing the full plan. It can mean faithfully following where God leads today.
• Work is not spiritually inferior to ministry. Using our gifts to serve others reflects how we were created.
• If we do not define success intentionally, we will unconsciously inherit the culture’s definition.
• AI can provide remarkable wisdom, but it can also affirm our assumptions and help us create a god in our own image.

Chapters

• 00:00 - Welcome and Introducing Kevin Ainsworth
• 02:47 - Releasing the Burden of Outcomes
• 05:00 - Is the Easy Yoke Actually Possible?
• 07:09 - Calling, Career, and Daily Dependence
• 12:05 - Should Our Identity Be Connected to Work?
• 17:08 - Why the Most Blessed Are Often the Most Depressed
• 22:26 - Adam Defines Success
• 25:01 - Contentment and the Power of Enough
• 30:44 - Peace Is a Present Reality
• 32:50 - Building a Faith-Informed Alternative to ChatGPT
• 38:30 - What AI Can Teach Us About Wisdom
• 41:50 - How Good Word Works
• 46:55 - Purposeful Work or Unhealthy Striving?
• 51:20 - How AI Could Make Us Less Human
• 53:21 - Is Meaning Found or Created?
• 55:00 - Closing Reflection

Listener Reflection

What outcome are you carrying as if it depends entirely on you, and what would it look like to work faithfully while releasing control of the result?