Spiritual Formation
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Uptown Blues: When Longing Turns Sideways In the Heights, even the loudest laughter could hide a deep ache. Looking back, I see it in all of us—turning our core longings into silent agreements or cover-up moves when things got rough. For me, that meant…
THE DAILY CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Real Life: Coffee, Core Longings, and Core Stories Growing up in Washington Heights, it was normal to see family members fighting hard to be “somebody”—whether by making a name in the neighborhood, keeping us safe in little ways, or making sure we were never…
The Daily CHEW™Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Last night, after a day coaching a management team, doing individual sessions, helping two couples, and even discussing crypto with my kids (they’re learning early!), I finally crawled into bed. Before I could drift off, I ran my Evening Return CHEW—naming the best and hardest…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Twenty-three years ago this morning, I watched from my apartment window on 169th Street in Washington Heights as an F-15 screamed overhead toward the Twin Towers, responding to the unthinkable. In those moments of terror and uncertainty, something shifted in me, away from living…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Yesterday, I watched my energy drain after back-to-back client calls, family obligations, and that familiar internal pressure to “stay positive” through it all. By evening, I felt emotionally wrung out—not just tired, but that deeper exhaustion that comes from trying to manage every feeling,…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. A successful entrepreneur sat across from me, exhausted despite her achievements. “Sunday worship feels like an interruption,” she confessed. “I’m checking emails during the sermon, mentally planning Monday’s meetings during prayer. Even in church, I can’t stop the go-go-go mode.” Her honesty revealed what…
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 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.…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. Yesterday morning, rushing between calls, I caught myself asking the same surface-level prayer I’ve prayed a thousand times: “God, help me have a good day.” But something stopped me—was I really expecting God’s love to transform this moment, or was I just hoping for…
The Daily CHEW™ Chew on God’s Love. Live Transformed. Multiply Hope. I was coaching a sharp executive yesterday who kept circling around the same CHEW question like a dog chasing its tail. “If God loves me as much as He loves Jesus, what would change right now?” I asked. She paused, looked thoughtful, then said,…