Christian Living

How Does the Gospel Heal Our SALVES Drivers? God’s Surprising Answers to Our Deepest Needs

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-10 /

THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Uptown Needs, Uptown Answers From a young age in Washington Heights, I heard a hundred voices telling me how to fill the emptiness—hustle harder, fit in, become “somebody,” never show weakness. I tried most of the world’s answers. Eventually, even doing everything right didn’t…

Wisdom for Reconnection: Navigating Relational Distance

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

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…

When Founders Feel Like Orphans: Returning to God’s Love Instead of Proving Your Worth

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

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…

Which CHEW Is Next? Your Roadmap from Head-Knowledge to Heart-Transformation

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

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…

When Success Feels Empty: Rediscovering What Actually Matters

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

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…

When Solutions Come in the Morning: How Sleep, Brain Science, and God’s Love Work Together

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last night, after a day coaching a management team, doing individual sessions, helping two couples, and even discussing crypto with my kids (they’re learning early!), I finally crawled into bed. Before I could drift off, I ran my Evening Return CHEW—naming the best and hardest…

When Sacred Time Becomes Scattered Time: Finding God’s Love in the Rush

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. A successful entrepreneur sat across from me, exhausted despite her achievements. “Sunday worship feels like an interruption,” she confessed. “I’m checking emails during the sermon, mentally planning Monday’s meetings during prayer. Even in church, I can’t stop the go-go-go mode.” Her honesty revealed what…

From Knowing to Living: How One Simple Practice Turns Head Knowledge into Heart Transformation

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-05 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last Tuesday, I found myself snapping at my wife when she wasn’t being clear in the way she was communicating to me. I was running on little sleep, didn’t feel great, and was rushing to get to my first session. That’s no excuse. I…

When My Drive Steals the Moments That Matter Most

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. My wife found me this morning, exhausted and checking an incoming text while one of our kids was sharing something meaningful with me, and I saw that look—not anger, but sadness. I missed the moment. Maybe you know this collision too. You’re not trying to…

When the Achiever in Me Can’t Decide

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-04 /

The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. It’s quietly humming under my skin today—the pressure to make a call. My mind runs circles around the decision: Should I say yes to one more big project, should my wife and I go to Castine, Maine without the kids next year since they’re just…