Asking questions and listening well can take every relationship deeper. Have an engagement tool for the next time awkward silence fills the air Discover the God-designed uniqueness of another person Help someone else process his or her thoughts and emotions Engage in new or sensitive situations in non-threatening, conversational ways Jump into your day [...]
Season 3 of the Presently Engaged Podcast just released! This season is loosely organized around the engaged family. It’s full of short, friendly encouragement to live intentionally right where you are—and just the right length for a short drive or a walk around the block. Listen in wherever you enjoy podcasts! [...]
At the risk of alienating most people reading this update, I am not a football fan. When I must pretend to follow sports, I am a basketball fan, and I cheer for the Dallas Mavericks. In a city full of rabid San Antonio Spurs aficionados, I wear my Mavs gear with pride. Every other year [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 30: Wanting a Different Name Have you ever wanted to have a different name than the one your parents gave you?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 29: Who Gets the Leftovers? I walked by our refrigerator to see blue painter’s tape swathed around the entire thing. Words festooned the front, written in an anonymous yet recognizable hand: Leftovers are bad!
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 28: Snow in San Antonio For six days, San Antonio shivered through rolling blackouts, complete electricity outages, and no water.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 27: Right Now Is the Best Time If you are breathing, it’s not too late. If you are wondering “Is it too late?” it’s not too late.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 26: Make Yourself Heard You want to set yourself up to hear the word of God preached to you? Memorize Scripture with someone. My children have been preaching truth to me all summer long as we have [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 25: Reading Without the Words Listening from the other room to our Kindergartener “read” a book to his younger sister, I didn’t recognize the book they were discussing. From where I sat, it sounded quite ominous.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 24: Got Any Ketchup? To my children’s consternation, I had just announced chicken for dinner. Internally, I prepared myself for the clean-your-plate dance that I knew the evening would entail.
