Ryan Bailey
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Washington Heights, Wounds, and What Drives Us In Washington Heights, I learned quickly that everyone’s got a “why”—a core longing that shapes what feels like winning or losing. Some chased respect on the block, some clung tight to family, others just wanted to belong.…
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Real Life: Coffee, Core Longings, and Core Stories Growing up in Washington Heights, it was normal to see family members fighting hard to be “somebody”—whether by making a name in the neighborhood, keeping us safe in little ways, or making sure we were never…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Yesterday, after a long strategy session, I sat in my car in the parking lot, scrolling my phone and replaying a recent disagreement with a close friend. Even as someone who coaches others for a living, I felt the ache of distance—the heaviness of words…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Some mornings, my mind wakes up before my spirit does. Last week, returning from a long client call, my head was buzzing—racing with “what ifs” and mistakes to fix. As a dad and consultant prone to overanalyzing, I downshift into “problem-solver mode” instead of prayer,…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Not long ago, I sat across from a client—an accomplished Christian leader wrestling with a familiar question that rarely gets said aloud in boardrooms or Bible studies: “Am I enough?” The surface issue was a high-stakes transition, but underneath, he confessed, “No matter what I…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Sundays always stir a strange mix of satisfaction and restlessness for me. I usually wake up early, do the last minute preps for the Adult Sunday School I teach. My wife and I drive in. She loves to drive so she almost always drives us…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. This morning as I walked through Midtown Atlanta, bag slung over my shoulder, I could feel that tug toward “orphan mode.” I wanted to wow the other Christian business founders I’d be meeting—not out of security in God’s love, but from that old insecurity…
The Daily CHEW™ Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Leaders You’ve built a successful career, led teams through complex challenges, and delivered results that matter. Your track record speaks for itself. But here’s the question that keeps surfacing in quiet moments: Why does the God I serve on Sunday feel so distant…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last week, a belt got looser and—surprisingly—that’s when the old cravings crept in. Here’s the honest side of my journey: after over three months of using the C.H.E.W. framework day and night (and seeing changes, not only in me but also in the high-performing men…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. It’s a Monday night in Atlanta, and I’m wrapping up calls with founders and high performers—some leading nonprofits, some growing second-generation businesses, some with compensation packages most would envy—all with calendars loaded with activity and wins. What unites so many, regardless of net worth, is…