Emotional Health
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. I’ve always joked that I was born part-old soul. Even on our honeymoon, my wife discovered I might actually be a 93-year-old in disguise: out by 8pm, lights out like clockwork. Deep down, there’s a kind of exhaustion that comes from a day lived…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Focusing on God’s love not only heals, but actually produces superior discipline and sustained behavioral change—because His love restructures motivation and ability at the deepest, practical level. Moment of Honest Striving Here’s how it looks in real life: Driven by a desire to make…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. You sign in early for your next CHEW Group session on Zoom—a circle of trusted men, each in his own space, coffee or water in hand. The mood is expectant but relaxed: here, you know you don’t have to impress or hide. Across screens,…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. It’s early at my Northlake office, the kind of quiet that encourages reflection before the day’s pace picks up. In these moments, I often think back to the breakthroughs I’ve witnessed—both in my own life and with clients—when someone courageously shares their story. Not…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last Saturday afternoon, my wife and I took one of our midday drives through Stone Mountain. She was animated, filled with stories and insights from her work on Anti-German sentiment during World War I in Australia and New Zealand—her dissertation has her so engaged,…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last Saturday, my wife and I took a drive not long after breakfast, early as always since I’m a super early-to-bed, early-to-rise guy. By 8pm most days I’m already drifting to sleep, so our adventures together happen while the sun’s up. The road was…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. At my most self-reliant, I tell myself I should be able to handle my faith, my growth, and my struggles on my own. But the Gospel story, and my story, tell me something better: honest change happens in community. Even as a driven, responsible…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. There are days when my routine and resolve feel strong, but somewhere in the middle, old patterns surface—performance, striving, moments when significance or security take over. It’s easy to slip back into autopilot, especially when life gets hectic or the pressure rises. More and…
Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. I remember sitting in my car in a dark parking lot after another long meeting, feeling both exhausted and unsettled. Why do I feel so much tension going into these particular engagements, even though they usually go well? If I believed God’s love was enough, the tension,…
Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. My Story: The True North of My Heart (and What Happens When It’s Misaligned) Years of achievement taught me the cost of mixing up the source with the symptoms. I prided myself on being driven, resilient, dependable—and secretly wondered why my “wins” so rarely satisfied for long.…