Head to Heart

His Oldest Daughter Was Polite, Respectful — and a Stranger to Him

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-05-02 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals He was a professor — brilliant, respected, deeply committed to his faith. Seven children. A wife who loved him. From the outside, the family looked strong. But one day he said something out loud that he had been carrying quietly for months: “I…

The Thank You That Landed Harder Than You Expected

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-05-02 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Someone said something deeply kind to you this week — and instead of receiving it, your chest tightened. You smiled, you thanked them, you redirected the credit. But underneath the composure, something heavier than gratitude was moving. I know because it happened to…

You Are Still the One God Chose for This Week’s Assignment

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-05-02 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals It is Monday morning and the weekend’s clarity is already fading. The conviction you carried out of Sunday worship — that God is faithful, that He is working, that you are His — feels thinner with every glance at the calendar. The week…

I Gave Away Seven Years of Furniture — and Discovered a Kind of Generosity I Had Been Missing

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-25 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals The move is complete. I downsized my office this week, and because the new space does not need a waiting room, a second office, or a food area tucked into a storage closet, I had furniture, books, and supplies to give away —…

The Conversation You’re Still Replaying From Yesterday

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-25 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals It is 5:35 in the morning and the exchange from yesterday is still running. Not because it was catastrophic — but because something in it landed sideways and your heart has not finished processing it. You have already mentally replayed the tone, the…

The Meeting Starts in Ten Minutes — and God Already Settled Who I Am

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-25 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You are standing near the glass, notes in hand, ten minutes before the room fills. Your preparation is thorough. Your content is strong. And this Monday, instead of letting the week’s first high-stakes moment define your posture, you are doing something most leaders…

The God Who Weeps Before He Rescues

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals Before He called Lazarus out of the tomb, Jesus wept. He did not rush to the miracle. He did not correct the theology of the grieving. He did not scold Mary for her fury or shame her for refusing to meet Him when…

What Your Anger Is Trying to Tell You — A Gospel Guide to Feeling Everything and Losing Nothing

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals You Know the Feeling — You Just Don’t Know What to Do With It You are standing at the glass wall of your office and your chest is tight. Something happened — a betrayal, a dismissal, an injustice that landed harder than you…

I Once Told My Wife That God Was an Abuser

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals I have had a lot of trauma in my life. Some I caused. Most I did not. There was a season when the pain stacked so high that I would silently scream in my head: How much do You think I can handle? One night,…

They’d Been Partners for Decades — but the Team Was Ready to Leave

By Ryan Bailey / 2026-04-17 /

The Daily CHEWâ„¢Moving God’s Love from Head to Heart for Christian Professionals They built a highly successful wealth management firm together over decades. Real care was the foundation — they had weathered markets, losses, and seasons that would have broken most partnerships. But somewhere along the way, the care calcified into something neither of them…