Ryan Bailey

What If God’s Love for Jesus Isn’t What You Think? Facing the Fear That “God Killed His Son”

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-10 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why Does This Hurt So Much? You sit in church, hear “God so loved the world that He gave His only Son,” and instead of warmth you feel a knot in your stomach. If this is love, why does it sound like violence?…

When Work Follows You Home: Learning to Lay Down the Day Without Checking Out on Your People

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-09 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You pull into the driveway and sit for a moment, engine off, phone still buzzing. Your body is home, but your mind is still in the last meeting—replaying comments, drafting emails you haven’t written yet, carrying numbers and…

How Group CHEW Grows Courage: Moving from Solo Striving to Shared Transformation

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-08 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals What If There’s a Better Way? You’ve gotten pretty good at processing things alone. You journal. You think deeply. You listen to podcasts and read books. You even C.H.E.W. on your own—naming what you feel, running back to God’s promises, trying to walk…

When Team Culture Turns Toxic: Planting Seeds of Hope, Truth, and Safety One Conversation at a Time

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why Does This Hurt So Much? You feel it before anyone names it. The tension in the room when a certain leader joins the call. The way people talk about each other in side chats but almost never to each other. The “jokes” that land like little…

Building Rhythms That Refuel You: Micro‑Practices of Presence in the Middle of Your Workday

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-06 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You By 10:30 a.m., your day can already feel like a blur. You rush from meeting to meeting, respond to pings, react to problems, and grab a snack over your keyboard. At some point you realize: you’ve been “on”…

How to Plan Your Week with the Gospel in Mind: Choosing What Matters Without Burning Out

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-06 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You sit down to plan your week and, within minutes, your heart starts to race. The calendar is already crowded with meetings, deadlines, family needs, church commitments, and the “important but never urgent” projects that somehow always get…

When It Feels Like God Went Too Far: Learning to Trust What You’d Choose If You Knew What He Knows

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why Does This Hurt So Much? You are staring at the ceiling at 2:17 a.m., doing the math you never wanted to do.If this deal falls through…If the scans come back bad…If your spouse really means what they said tonight… You scroll through…

When Anger Surprises You: Meeting God in the Heat Instead of Stuffing or Exploding

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Hurts So Much You didn’t plan to lose it. One minute you’re in a meeting, trying to stay composed while a colleague dismisses your work or talks over you. The next minute, heat floods your chest. Your jaw tightens. You feel…

When People’s Opinions Feel Bigger Than God: Finding Heart‑Level Freedom from Approval at Work

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-03 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You walk out of a meeting and you’re not thinking about the action items—you’re replaying faces. The quick glance between two leaders. The way your idea landed with silence. The slight edge in your manager’s tone. On your…

Abiding on a Busy Sunday: Anchoring Your Heart in God’s Love Before the Week Begins

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-12-03 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You Sunday was supposed to be the “easy” day. Yet by the time you collapse into bed, it often feels like the most packed: church, serving, kids’ activities, lunches, errands, prep for Monday, maybe one more email “just to…