Spiritual Formation

The 5 D’s: A Gospel-Shaped Filter for Your To‑Do List (Adapted from Julie Morgenstern’s 4 D’s)

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-16 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You Your to‑do list keeps growing: messages, meetings, project steps, follow‑ups, “shoulds” that never seem to end. You try to capture everything so nothing slips, but the result is constant low‑grade stress. You move tasks from one day to…

The Most Important Part of Your Role: A Simple, Concrete Way to Find It (Task or Characteristic)

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-16 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You Your days are full of tasks: emails, meetings, planning, problem‑solving, people issues, last‑minute fires. You do a lot of good work. But if someone stopped you and asked, “What is the most important part of your role?” you…

The 10-80-10 Rule: How God’s Love Frees You to Delegate, Develop Your Team, and Focus on What Matters Most

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-16 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You carry a lot. You cast vision, lead meetings, solve emergencies, answer questions your team should probably answer themselves, and quietly redo work that wasn’t quite right. You try to be a present leader and a faithful Christian,…

From Solo Strike Zones to Shared Strengths: Building a High-Trust, High-Performance Team

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You may be clear on the most important part of your role and the strengths that fuel your strike zone. But teams rarely function at a high level when only the leader has that clarity. Your direct reports often carry…

Living in Your Strike Zone: Using Your Top Three Strengths in the Most Important Part of Your Role

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You’ve named the most important part of your role and listed the skills it requires. Maybe you’ve even ranked yourself and picked one area to move up by a single point. But in the middle of daily demands,…

From Scattered to Strategic: Focusing on the Most Important Part of Your Role

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You wake up to a calendar that’s already full. Meetings, Slack pings, client calls, staff issues, project deadlines, not to mention the “real work” you thought you were hired to do. People praise you for being responsive and…

When Your Job Isn’t the Job You Signed Up For: How God’s Love Brings Clarity to Your Real Role

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-15 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why this matters for you You accepted the job based on a description that made sense: clear responsibilities, meaningful impact, a defined scope of authority. Then you started working—and realized that a big chunk of your actual day is filled with tasks that…

When You’re Tired of Waking Up: God’s Love and Passive Suicidal Thoughts

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-08 /

The Daily CHEW™ – Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Hurts So Much There are mornings when you wake up and your first thought is not, “Thank you, Lord,” but, “I wish this were over.”You are not planning to harm yourself. You love your family. You know suicide is…

Building Teams That Run on God’s Love, Not Fear or Performance

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-08 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You care about excellence and results. You lead meetings, manage projects, hit numbers—and people would probably describe you as driven, competent, and “good to work with.” But behind the metrics, you can feel something else. You sense how…

Lament in the Arms of Love: Bringing Your Honest Pain to a Faithful Father

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-01-08 /

The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You know how to push through. When the numbers miss, when the conflict at home flares, when the diagnosis lands, you grit your teeth and keep going because people depend on you. On the outside, you look composed;…