Friday

The Encouragement That Arrived Right When I Needed It Most

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-08-07 /

I’ve been in a hard season for the better part of three years now — some of it pain I played a part in and have since repented of, most of it I had no hand in at all, including losing my father just days after a fall. I’m well cared for through it — a…

The Free Time I Didn’t Know How to Handle

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-31 /

Claire and I had just spent the last stretch of the project refining what we affectionately call the sizzle level — the final 15 percent that turns competent work into something worth talking about. She’d been an active partner the whole way through, unafraid to flag what would sharpen the process, and only a couple…

The Last Ten Percent — What My Body Would Not Let Me Fake

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-24 / Comments Off on The Last Ten Percent — What My Body Would Not Let Me Fake

Ninety percent of the eating turnaround happened when I stopped medicating stress with food. Ten percent would not move — no matter how disciplined I got. That last ten percent was not spiritual sin. It was biology I could not out-repent. God finishes what He starts.

Repentance Is Sweet, But God Coverage Is Priceless: Looking Back Across My Son’s Life

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-17 / Comments Off on Repentance Is Sweet, But God Coverage Is Priceless: Looking Back Across My Son’s Life

Looking back across my son’s life, I keep bumping into a Father who was fathering him in every gap I did not close.

One Year of CHEWing All Day: What Moved from Head to Heart

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-07-10 /

After 365 days of CHEWing, this is what changed. Not what I learned. What God’s love did in my heart.

The Next Obedience Is His Finishing Work in You

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-26 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s love from head to heart for Christian professionals Here is what I am learning this week. The next obedience in front of me is not my project. It is His. He is the One finishing what He began in me — and the way He is finishing me is through the…

What I Thought Blew Up My Word for the Year

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-06 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals My word for the year was simplify. I lowered client-facing hours. I got back to the gym. I increased family time. I went all-in on helping Christian high performers get the love of God from head to heart. Essentialism and I became close friends again. I was,…

The 70 Percent Rule That Finally Let Me Sleep

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-05-27 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Several weekends this season my wife and I are driving down to Pascagoula to see our son. We have rented homes that look out on the Gulf — fishing off the dock, kayaks, a pool, a hot tub, the kind of view that…

What I Am Learning at 57 About Working Within the Limits God Gave Me

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-05-16 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Last week, I watched my wife get hooded for her PhD in History. She began her Master’s after I started my PhD in Practical Theology — earned the Master’s, finished the doctorate, wrote the dissertation in under a year — and crossed the stage with…

“Hope Is Not a Strategy” — and the Five Words That Got Me Back to the Gym

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-05-03 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals My coach and I had a great session on Monday. He helped me wrestle through things that will impact my practice for years. Then mid-week he texted me a question I was not expecting: “What is one thing you can do next week…