Ryan Bailey
Writing a passage of Scripture by hand slows your mind to the pace of your heart, and God told Israel’s kings to do exactly that. Most leaders read fast because the day demands it: skim the inbox, skim the report, skim the passage. Thursday morning, with the first meeting still hours away, is a good…
Your spouse’s win deserves a celebration before it gets a debrief, and Jesus shows the order in Luke 15. When a project closes at work, the reflex is to move straight to what went well and what comes next. If you carry that reflex home on the night your spouse shares good news, that reflex…
After a team member fails, the first question you ask sets what the relationship is built on, and the question Jesus asked Peter after his failure was about love. Picture the conversation on your calendar this week: someone key missed a commitment the client noticed, and you are deciding how to begin. John 21 records…
The first sentence you say after a setback is a habit, and Paul believed habits like that can be retrained by looking at who is providing for you. A flight is cancelled, a client moves the deadline, or the meeting you prepared for is pushed again, and a sentence arrives before you chose it. Philippians…
God’s steadfast love and God’s righteousness are not rivals, and Psalm 85 pictures them greeting each other with a kiss. It is Sunday morning, and many believers carry a quiet picture of God in which love and justice take turns, as if one had to step aside for the other to speak. The psalmist saw…
Saturday’s chores and your family don’t have to compete, because the risen Christ handled the work and welcomed the disciples on the same morning. It is 7:30 on Saturday, and groceries, a gutter, two soccer games, and a pile of laundry stand between you and spending time with the people you value most. C.H.E.W. with…
I sat down to teach my adult Sunday School class through Genesis 31 with a lecture half-built in my head — the whole chapter as a timeline of Laban’s shifting wages, the warning dream, the flight, and the covenant at Mizpah. Then I reread the passage and noticed something I’d walked past before: before any…
Home can be the one room where a leader stops looking capable, because Christ already knows every weakness and still welcomes frank speech. You have spent ten hours being the person with the answers. Now the car is in the driveway, the porch light is on, and one quiet question waits before you reach the…
A new hire’s first ninety days are shaped less by the onboarding checklist than by whether anyone actually takes them in. Picture the Monday morning of their first week: the laptop is configured, the badge works, and the orientation modules are on the calendar. As a department head, you signed off on every item. By…
At work and in life, the next goal will always move the finish line, so your peace has to rest on something that does not move. Say you hit the number you set in January: as a regional vice president, you have watched how quickly Tuesday’s leadership meeting turns from celebrating the win to naming…