CHEW framework
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You carry a lot. Your days are full of meetings, deadlines, decisions, and people who depend on you. You care about your work, your family, your church, and your integrity. You want your leadership and life to honor…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals What If There’s a Better Way to Do Thanksgiving? It’s Thanksgiving Day. The table is planned, emails keep pinging, travel and family expectations swirl, and somewhere in the middle you know you’re “supposed” to feel deeply thankful. You may feel pressure to model…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why This Matters for You You know the feeling—long days when urgent needs stack up and you’re the one others count on. You jump between meetings, build teams, coach kids, close deals, and counsel colleagues in crisis. Your competence isn’t a mask; it’s…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Why Does This Hurt So Much? Picture this: Your alarm sounds, and before your feet touch the floor, you’re already “on.” Messages ping. The needs begin immediately—family, colleagues, crises, problems that don’t respect your sleep, schedule, or energy. Coffee in hand, you move…
The Daily CHEW™ Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals The Gap Between Knowing and Feeling You’ve heard about CHEW™ – this method for moving God’s love from your head to your heart. And you get it. You really do. You see the logic: if you truly believed that God loves you as much…
The Daily CHEW™ Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals When “Gratitude” Feels Like One More Item on Your Overwhelming List Thanksgiving week. Megan rubs her temples in the quiet before dawn, inbox blinking with unread messages, phone alarms for children’s activities, and a to-do list that stretched overnight. She barely remembers…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Crippled by Fear, Craving Forgiveness: The Real Struggle Behind Secrets Imagine this: each day you work hard to make a difference, lead with integrity, and serve with honor. Yet a shadow clings to you—a secret, a regret, a failure. Sleepless nights whisper, “If…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Jenna is committed. She serves, studies, and even leads—but deep down, she wonders what it means to “love God with all your heart, all your soul, all your mind, and all your strength” (Mark 12:30). Intensity fades, priorities slip, and lesser loves creep…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Client Scenario Last week, a new client confided, “I hesitate to share real fears with my team—even with fellow believers. My inner critic tells me vulnerability makes me less credible, less secure.” Despite outward success, his leadership felt isolated and anxious, as if…
The Daily CHEW™Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals A senior director in a fast-moving organization shared with me how Monday mornings often began as a battle. Before the first email was sent, his inner critic had already surfaced: “You didn’t finish last week’s goals. This project will overwhelm you. Others are…