Faith & Work

A Sabbath that Sings: Sabbath Principles, Not Prescriptions, for High Performers

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

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 Perfectionist’s Dilemma: Why “Good Enough” Feels Impossible

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. This week at my favorite corner coffee shop, I felt the pressure rise—calendar reminders pinging, deadlines hovering, and the deep urge to make every project not just good, but sizzle. On my best days, I want things to shine because I know I’m loved…

The Knowing-Doing Gap: When Spiritual Truth Doesn’t Change Daily Stress

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-09-06 /

The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. There I was, mid-prayer, mentally drafting my response to a client email. I know God’s love is sufficient, I believe Jesus is enough, yet somehow my morning time with the Father had become another item to optimize while my mind raced through today’s demands.…

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…

God’s Love: The Surprising Source of Sustainable Discipline and Real Change

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-29 /

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…

How to CHEW: A Simple Framework for Lasting Change

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-19 /

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,…

Bridging the Gap: When Your Core Driver Isn’t Aligned with the Gospel

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-19 /

Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. My Story: Spotting the Gap (and Learning Not to Shame It) It’s easy, as high performers and leaders, to fool even ourselves. I convinced myself for years that my ambitions were “for God and for others”—but underneath, my core driver (significance) was always lurking: “Do I really…

“Unmasking Your Core Driver—How One Deep Longing Shapes Everything”

By Ryan Bailey / 2025-08-19 /

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.…

Becoming a Stronger Christian Leader: Practicing Presence and Priorities

By Ryan Bailey / 2022-06-30 /

Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Why This Matters for You (and Those Around You) Picture the start of your week: meetings crowd your calendar, emails fill your inbox, and your people—family, coworkers, friends—are counting on you for wisdom and stability. If you lead (formally or informally), the weight can be heavy. Even…