CHEW Practice

What Your Anger Is Trying to Tell You — A Gospel Guide to Feeling Everything and Losing Nothing

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You Know the Feeling — You Just Don’t Know What to Do With It You are standing at the glass wall of your office and your chest is tight. Something happened — a betrayal, a dismissal, an injustice that landed harder than you…

I Once Told My Wife That God Was an Abuser

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals I have had a lot of trauma in my life. Some I caused. Most I did not. There was a season when the pain stacked so high that I would silently scream in my head: How much do You think I can handle? One night,…

They’d Been Partners for Decades — but the Team Was Ready to Leave

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals They built a highly successful wealth management firm together over decades. Real care was the foundation — they had weathered markets, losses, and seasons that would have broken most partnerships. But somewhere along the way, the care calcified into something neither of them…

Venting Feels Productive — but It’s Costing You More Than You Think

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals It feels like processing. You pull a peer aside, replay what happened, lay out your case, and for a few minutes the validation hits — yes, you were wronged, yes that was unfair. But here is what venting actually does: it rehearses the offense, recruits…

The Anger Was Real — What She Did With It Changed Everything

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals She poured into a direct report — mentored her, championed her, gave her everything she had because she knew developing leaders underneath her was the path forward. What she did not know was that the person she was building up was working to…

They’re Still Deciding About You — but God Already Has

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You walk past the cubicles and you can feel it — the glances, the half-second pauses, the quiet recalibration people do when they are still forming their opinion of you. Maybe you said something last quarter you wish you could take back. Maybe…

How to Reset When Your Chest Is Still in the Last Meeting

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Intentional Growth in the Minutes Between Meetings You click “Leave meeting,” the Zoom window disappears, and your calendar says you have three minutes until the next call. On the outside, you navigated that conversation just fine—no raised voice, no obvious mistake, numbers mostly…

When Your Reactions Run Ahead of Your Faith: A Simple CHEW to Lead from a Loved Heart

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-09 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Opening: Growing Up Your Inner Life as Fast as Your Leadership You know the feeling. You are standing by the window in your office, reading a tough email or replaying a meeting, and your reactions are already three steps ahead of your faith.…

I Thought My Marriage Was Already Great — Then an Unhurried Day Proved Me Wrong

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals I have been preaching simple practices all week — practicing Christ’s presence, CHEWing on His love throughout the day, not just in the morning. This week I had to practice what I preach. I reduced my hours so I would have energy at home…

They Built the Practice Together — but Almost Lost Each Other Inside It

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-07 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals They were married chiropractors with young children, co-leading a growing practice. On paper it looked like success. In reality, the marriage had become functional — two people running a business and raising kids, giving each other whatever was left over at the end…