Marriage & Family
You ask your child “How was your day?” at dinner, and you get “fine” — every night this week, the same word, delivered the same flat way. While you’re frustrated with the answer, what you might not notice is that the question itself trained that answer. A question this vague doesn’t tend to get anything…
John set his phone face-up on the counter “just in case” — a client had a launch going live over the weekend, and he told himself he was being responsible, not distracted. His daughter was telling him about her science project, the one with the baking-soda volcano she’d rebuilt twice after it collapsed. Somewhere around…
Most nights, the last words Aaron’s kids hear from him are some version of a correction — brush your teeth, turn off the light, stop stalling, get some sleep. None of it is wrong to say; a household needs those sentences to function. It’s just the only kind of sentence they hear, night after night,…
The Daily CHEW™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…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You can build a successful firm and lose the marriage you built it for — and not realize how close you are until your wife casually mentions that getting a shower today was the biggest win on her list. A Christian wealth manager…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals I have been preaching simple practices all week — practicing Christ’s presence, CHEWing on His love throughout the day, not just in the morning. This week I had to practice what I preach. I reduced my hours so I would have energy at home…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals They were married chiropractors with young children, co-leading a growing practice. On paper it looked like success. In reality, the marriage had become functional — two people running a business and raising kids, giving each other whatever was left over at the end…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You said no to the late meeting. You protected the evening the way you and God mapped it out this weekend, and now you are exactly where you said you wanted to be—at the table while your son works three feet away. But…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals When the Tears Dry and the Real Work Begins You said it. You meant it. You confessed the thing — to God, to your spouse, to your pastor, maybe to a counselor. The night it came out was the worst night of your…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Opening: Intentional Growth, Not Crisis You know the feeling of collapsing into bed on Friday night and realizing you “provided” for your family but barely saw them. The week was full of important meetings, critical emails, travel, and ministry or board commitments. Your…