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My Nine-Year-Old Asks Before She Says Good Morning

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-10 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love From Head to Heart for Christian Professionals It is 8:14 on a Saturday morning. You walk into the kitchen. Before your nine-year-old says good morning, she scans your face for two seconds and asks the question she has learned to ask first: “Dad, are you working today?” You were not…

Six Nights Alone. One Uncomfortable Thing God Showed Me About How I Lead.

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-10 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love From Head to Heart for Christian Professionals This past week I took the first true solo vacation of my life — six nights in the mountains. A wide cedar deck for Quiet Time. A lower deck where the afternoon sun lined up just right. A pool I could float in…

They Nodded. They Complied. They Didn’t Follow.

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-10 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love From Head to Heart for Christian Professionals The meeting ends on time. Decisions made. Owners assigned. You walk back to your office and notice the silence in the hallway behind you — the kind that says they have your what but not your why. You give clarity. You set direction.…

My Laptop Is Closed. My Mind Isn’t.

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-10 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love From Head to Heart for Christian Professionals It is 6:47 p.m. The laptop is closed, but your mind is still in the 4:00 meeting. You are home, but you are not. Your spouse is talking and you are nodding without hearing. Most Christian professionals end the day in one of…

The 1% Improvement No One Will Ever See Me Make

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-09 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love From Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You care about excellence in the work God entrusted to you. That is good. But the gap between where you are and where you hoped to be has started to feel like a verdict. You look at peers in your field and the…

What Christian High Performers Are Setting Their Minds On — and What Scripture and Science Say About It

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-06 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals What Christian High Performers Are Setting Their Minds On — and What Scripture and Science Say About It The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals The Hidden Lever Behind Every Christian Leader’s Best — and Worst — Year…

The C-Suite Whose Trust Score Was 2.9 — and What Changed It

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-06 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals A new venture had an eight-member C-suite, nine months of careful business-plan work with an outside writer, and unanimous sign-off from every leader at the table. Six weeks after the writer finished, the CEO unilaterally changed direction — he thought he saw a…

The Productive Move That Quietly Costs You Money

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-06 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You are at the coffee shop Wednesday morning with a planner open, a calculator nearby, and the realization landing slow: the most productive move on your calendar this week is the one quietly costing you money. The third dinner of the week with…

The Money Conversation You and Your Spouse Keep Not Having

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-06-06 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You are seated at the kitchen island Tuesday evening with your spouse, the dishes cleared, and the conversation you actually need to have is still not happening. One of you carries the numbers. One of you carries the worry. Neither of you has…