Presently Engaged Podcast: Recent Episodes
Mandy Pallock
The Bible begins with God asking questions in the Garden—and it ends with heaven asking one final question: Who is worthy?
In this season finale, Mandy Pallock takes you to Revelation 5, where all of creation waits for the One who can open the scroll. From the Worthy Lamb, we learn how to ask questions like Jesus—not from striving, but from trust.
Discover how simple, daily rhythms can become sacred watchposts for connection with God and others, and how one question, prayed and repeated, can transform the way you live, listen, and love.
Because you are invited into the conversation, and you are making a difference!
Referenced in Episode:
https://thequestionhabit.com/discussionquestions
https://www.thequestionhabit.com/prayer/
Jesus asked more questions than anyone else in Scripture—and none of them were meant to trap or shame.
In this episode, Mandy Pallock explores Jesus as the Master Questioner and shows how His questions invited people into deeper faith, honest reflection, and restored purpose. From the temple courts to the shoreline after the resurrection, Jesus used questions to draw people closer rather than push them away.
You’ll discover how Jesus’s questions:
- Engage hearts without judgment
- Invite reflection without pressure
- Restore and commission with compassion
"Ask Questions Like Jesus" invites you to consider:
What might change if you learned to ask questions the way Jesus did?
Can you question God without losing your faith? Yes—and Habakkuk shows you how. This prophet brought his rawest questions to God and discovered honest protest is an act of faith. Learn three marks of questioning God: trust His character, verbalize your confusion, expect His answer. Protest isn't rebellion—it's relationship. Your "How long, Lord?" is safe with Him.
Also read: Matthew 9 and Colossians 1:11-12.
When anger rises, God often responds with a question rather than a rebuke.
In episode 77, How Questions Can Soften Anger, Mandy Pallock explores Jonah’s story and the surprising compassion of God’s question: “Do you do well to be angry?” Through this Scripture-centered reflection, discover how curiosity can calm resentment, how questions can open space for grace, and how mercy can reshape even the most stubborn heart.
When faith feels hard and your heart is full of questions, you’re not alone. In this episode of Presently Engaged, discover the Hero Routine (Sleep. Eat. Stroll. Psalms. Repeat.): a simple, soul-restoring rhythm for weary believers. Learn how honest questions, biblical lament, and the Psalms can draw you closer to God, renew your faith in everyday life, and support you as you mentor others.
🎧 Listen in, and then consider: What’s one question you need to say out loud to God today?
What do you do when you’ve given everything—and it still feels like it didn’t make a difference? When Elijah hid in a cave, exhausted and afraid, God didn’t give him a lecture. He asked, “What are you doing here?” And then, sometime later, He asked the same question again.In Episode 75 of Presently Engaged, Mandy Pallock unpacks how God’s repeated question reorients Elijah’s heart and renews his calling. Learn how to recognize God’s gentle whisper and rediscover purpose—even when life feels quiet.
Questions and stories keep faith alive. Discover how God uses stories and memorials to help us remember and retell His faithfulness!
Mentoring doesn’t require all the answers—it requires curiosity. In this bonus episode from The Question Habit, Mandy explores how asking Spirit-led questions can deepen relationships, open doors to discipleship, and create space for God’s transforming work. Rooted in 2 Timothy 1:13–14, this episode offers encouragement and practical guidance for anyone walking alongside others in faith.
How the serpent’s question in Genesis 3 sowed doubt, and how God’s questions still invite us back into hope.
Learn how to bring your questions to God as Mandy shares five practical guidelines for reading Scripture with a questioning heart.
The Bible is full of questions—even more than exclamations! Join Mandy Pallock as she unpacks why questions matter for faith, growth, and connection, and discover how Jesus invites us into deeper conversations with Him.
It's the perfect "spiritual" icebreaker question, isn't it? What question would you most want to ask a specific person in heaven, and why?
But I wonder if, one day in heaven, you might bump into David or Eve or Noah or Martha, and they will deeply want to ask you the questions. What do you think?
What if we took what we know about High Intensity Interval Training workouts and applied it to our prayer lives?
Also read: 2 Timothy 1:2-14
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Content © 2024 by Mandy Pallock.
https://www.presentlyengaged.com/
Editing by Jesse Keener and Landmark Studios.
If Peter had tried to walk on water by himself at any point, he would have sunk to the lowest depths every time. The only things he would have gained from that adventure would have been wet clothes or a swimming lesson.
Episode 68 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock unpacks what precisely kept Peter afloat when he stepped out of the boat.
If you find yourself questioning what your next step is supposed to be, pray what I call the Include Me Prayer this morning:
"Dear Jesus, would You include me in the work that you are already doing today?"
And listen for His invitation!
Also read: Philippians 1:2–30
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Content © 2024 by Mandy Pallock. https://www.presentlyengaged.com/
Editing by Jesse Keener and Landmark Studios.
Want to hear a sure-fire way to identify whether you are an introvert or an extrovert? Episode 67 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock unpacks the great sorting.
Are you an introvert? I share four ways you can use your introversion to your advantage this week. And if you know and love an introvert, you just might find some great tips in this one!
Let's lean into the freedom that Jesus has for you with the personality He designed.
Also read: 2 Thessalonians 1:1b-10; Ephesians 3:14-21.
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Content © 2024 by Mandy Pallock.
https://www.presentlyengaged.com/
Editing by Jesse Keener and Landmark Studios.
Even in an era of two-day shipping, curbside pickup, and porch delivery, we still find ourselves waiting in the necessary line more often than we would like, don’t we?
Episode 66 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock unpacks one thing you can do while in line to maximize your wait time and make the most of the connections you make.
Mandy also shares three easy-to-remember conversation starters that you can have ready to launch into a great conversation!
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Also read: Ephesians 1:2-23.
Content © 2024 by Mandy Pallock. https://www.presentlyengaged.com/
Editing by Jesse Keener and Landmark Studios.
If you're anything like me today, you are going to have a fearful thought—or two or twenty—sometime this week.
When that happens, here are three of God’s gifts wrapped up for you in 2 Timothy 1:7, all of which overcome fear:
👍 Bold POWER to do what is right.
💛 Persistent LOVE to share with those God bringsinto your life today.
✋ Sensible SELF-CONTROL to choose what is bestover what is immediate or selfish.
God has not given you fear for this day! Walk in the freedom that you can trust God to be everything you need today.
🌈 When was the last time you saw a rainbow? When wasthe last time you thought about how a rainbow is formed?
If it has been a while since you drew a rainbow on construction paper with brand-new crayons, give episode 64 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock a listen! 🌈
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We can talk all we want about creating a safe space for conversation. The first step, however, is actually listening.
Listening is not simply letting sound waves enter your ears. It is active, allows the words to sink in, generates understanding, and inspires a response.
Listening may be one of the most real expressions of grace you give another person.
Here in episode 63 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock, we discuss the conversational art of listening, and I take the bold step of coming out online as a Dallas Mavericks fan living in a San Antonio Spurs world. If you can handle the rivalry, listen in or watch!
What can that friendly droid from everyone's favorite SciFi series teach us about speaking truth in everyday conversations?
Listen to or watch Episode 62 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock to discover why I think R2-D2 maybe isn't as awesome as his bio implies.
What do you think?
Here's an open secret that's not even a secret if you ever happen to work out with me: A fleet-footed, swift, fluid runner I am not. I have no idea what the ever-elusive “runner’s high” even feels like. But at a community 5K, I discovered a truth that made me run faster than ever. Listen [...]
Music is food for the soul. If you find yourself spiritually lethargic or emotionally flabby, episode 60 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock just might be for you. What will you put on your playlist today?
If you were to ponder that promise with the zest that Mozart applied to what we now call Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star, how might your day be different? Episode 59 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock is all about pondering the same truth, concept, or idea in different ways.
There’s a dance that goes on in our neighborhood every weekend… One person stops at the corner, planting a sign promoting their open house. Another person can be seen taping up an offer for a website or yard work or a garage sale. Minutes or hours or days later, the neighborhood representative comes through with [...]
ALERT: "Your startup disk is almost full. To make more space available on your startup disk, delete some files.” Want to join me in a bit of spiritual decluttering? Listen to Episode 56 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock, and let's take out the trash together.
Christ is risen! In this special episode of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock, join in as we read Mark 16. "But when they looked up, they saw that the stone, which was very large, had been rolled away. As they entered the tomb, they saw a young man dressed in a white robe sitting on [...]
In this special episode of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock, join in as we read Mark 15. "We all, like sheep, have gone astray, each of us has turned to our own way; and the LORD has laid on him the iniquity of us all." (Isaiah 53:6)
What happens, you ask, when one does not go to the dentist for years? Listen to the cautionary tale and grow wiser. Episode 56 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock discusses the difference it makes in how we ply our toothbrushes, in both the physical and spiritual worlds.
Perhaps it’s the nature of a European cathedral, of entering the Catholic world with a Protestant’s clothes, but I always feel like I’m interrupting—like I’m getting away with something. Opaque stain glass windows of diminutive size filter any light that may be trying to peek through the clouds. A cloudy day magnifies this effect. [...]
What can we learn from the clothing styles of Ancient Rome, and how might those style choices inform our attitudes and actions? Listen to Episode 54 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock if you need a style intervention.
Do you ever feel like you’re in a holding pattern? That maybe your life is wasted? That you’re not making a difference right here, right now? Listen to Episode 53 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock, and be encouraged with the truth that God is in the redemption business.
Are you blessed with strong memories? Are you confounded with haunting recollections? If two things are connected in your mind, then one can act as a trigger for the other. Episode 52 of Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock encourages us to hang a prayer on your experience.
Because our home is a hub of action and activity, there is an allure to simply piling up the dishes after a meal and letting them wait until the end of the day. That simple act of procrastination, however, makes the work at the end of the day much more involved, doesn’t it? I tend [...]
As believers, we talk about Easter Sunday, and rightfully so. We celebrate Christ’s resurrection, His death and life, and the amazing, life-altering truth that Christ has paid the penalty for our sin. Hallelujah! And then the sun comes up on the day after Easter. Easter Monday. What does it mean? What difference does it make? In the light [...]
Once upon a time, when all was perfect and right and beautiful in the world, God planted a garden. After the Creation, after making man, God planted a garden. The first vocation in the Bible is gardening, and it was done by God Himself. God is a gardener.…we see this theme of God as the Gardener [...]
How do you feel about storms? There are those who hunker down for them, those who mitigate against their effects, and those who chase them. There’s a big contrast between being in a storm and watching a storm from a safe place, isn’t there? You may feel like you are in the middle of a [...]
What are some things that manna in the wilderness can teach us about how we live today? God provided for His people in a mighty and unique way when He gave manna. If you wake up hungry, wanting for something specific or wishing for something more, Episode 47 of the Presently Engaged Podcast is for [...]
We’ve made it through the explosion of Christmas festivities, the delight and joy of celebrating the Savior of the world, the happy haze of the week after Christmas and all the leftovers and sweatpants and snuggles and memories. And now we’re off to a new year! Have you found the just-right place for those presents [...]
In this special episode of the Presently Engaged Podcast, join in as we read Luke 2 and John 1:1-14. “And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we have seen his glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father, full of grace and truth.”
If the wise men of the Christmas story had been following a Disney-esque plotline, what would that have looked like? Is your heart seeking and searching this holiday season? If so, Episode 45 of the Presently Engaged Podcast was made with you in mind. Hear this promise: God responds to the seekers and the searchers.
Did Mary ride on a donkey? Was there an innkeeper? Were there three wise men, or thirteen? Episode 44 of the Presently Engaged Podcast ponders what we actually know about Christmas. Join in!
The legendary Amazon holiday catalog has arrived at our house. I hear it whispered in conversations as children share their hearts with each other: “I wonder what I’m going to get for Christmas?” And if I were going to be honest—which I am—I’ve had the same thoughts myself. What do you want for Christmas, friend? If [...]
Are you in a flurry of decorating over there? Do you have boxes strewn around and things in process? Or are you one of those rare unicorns who has decorated already, and you’re enjoying hot chocolate by your crackling (or digital) fire? I used to view decoration as something to simply do, on a long [...]
If you were to list some attributes of Jesus, your list might look a bit like mine: Holy. Righteous. Merciful. Compassionate. Omnipotent. Powerful. Creator. Faithful. Good. Recently though, I saw an attribute of Jesus that I had never contemplated before: Thankful.
In this special episode of the Presently Engaged Podcast, access Chapter 1 of The Question Habit by Mandy Pallock. The Question Habit will support you as you mentor with questions, facilitate grace-filled conversations, and go deeper with care. Ready?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 40: Not What You Wear It's time to look the person next to me in the eye.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 39: Running Out of Water Is it possible to run out of water at the beach?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 38: Beautiful Ruins Ever noticed that we love visiting ruins from the days of yore?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 37: Worry Is Wasted Energy Move through worry to prayer and action.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 36: Does Your Life Qualify as Canon? What story did your life write for those “reading” you yesterday?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 35: Observations From a Coffee Shop There's a place for you at the table.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 34: Fly It Proud Are you feeling bombarded today? What would it look like to raise a flag of faith and fly it proudly?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 33: If You Knew You Could Not Fail What would you do if you knew you could not fail?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 32: Who Are You? If someone asked you to write three things that you ARE, what would you write?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 31: Outside My Comfort Zone As One who has neither beginning nor end, God is not bound by time. A God this big, this immeasurable, who exists outside of time itself, also exists outside of my [...]
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 26: 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 25: Reading Without the Words 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 [...]
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.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 23: A Letter to My Daughter This world you’re inheriting is a broken place. Just this weekend, I saw a sight I never expected: Confederate, American, and Nazi flags all flown together in the face of [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 22: How's Your Back Seat? “What made it so messy back here? Do you have stuff out all over your house? What do you have in your house?”
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 21: The Tractor I still remember the day I learned to drive the old red Farmall.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 20: God Never Wastes Passion Do you have a dream germinating inside of you? A passion you have a hard time even defining? Be encouraged: God never wastes passion.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 19: Exposed COVID-19 exposed so many things about us, didn't it? Counsel your heart with truth regardless of how exposed you may still feel.
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 18: Music Under Tension For a guitar to make beautiful music, its strings have to be tight. When a musician makes the strings tighter or looser, it changes the pitch created when the string is plucked. [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 17: Don't Skip the Credits On movie night at our place, something interesting happens after the last scene is over. No one gets up and turns off the screen. The end credits have become an art [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 16: Negative Space Before taking the tape off that bordered and ran through the project, it was just chalk on a board. Some would have called it scribbles. But now? Now it was art. Original, carefree, [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 15: Carry a Big Stick “…Speak softly and carry a big stick.” [Theodore Roosevelt] Something happened that caused them to take a stick of some sort with them on their walk. They could stay inside because [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 14: Finding Good Just because it’s good, doesn’t mean that it’s my good. All of life is sacred. There is no dividing line between the sacred and the secular. Serve Jesus where you are, in the way that [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 13: Composition for World Changers In the world of photography, there are as many ways to take a picture as there are photographers. How the elements are arranged in your scene, your angle and perspective, and [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 12: An Engaged Life Do you wear a wedding ring on your left hand? Remember that happy day when you were engaged? Everything that you did was about and for your fiancé. Their every preference on [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 11: Open Tabs & Emotional Waste In what ways am I “keeping the tabs open” in my life? Do I think, “I’ll come back to that someday”? Do I keep tabs open, not because I need [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 10: Do the Next Thing Who knew that Elisabeth Elliot Gren (missionary pioneer) and Anna of Arendelle (Disney princess) would have so much in common?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 9: What If? What if, when making choices for how you would celebrate the last part of 2019, you had known that in four short months, the world would literally go into quarantine?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 8: According to the Medes and the Persians According to the law of the Medes and Persians, an edict signed with the king’s ring could not be changed. You know what else can’t be changed?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 7: Places of Worship Your map app has a classification that would be awesome to apply everywhere we go…
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 5: Priceless Pearls Let us stop the scroll and place pearls where God calls us to place them. Let us engage purposefully, on social media and in person, in the discussions that matter. Let us carve [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 5: Well Done How do you hear "Well done, good and faithful servant” at the end of your life?
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 4: Grasping at Waves I wish, I wish that I could capture everything in a bottle with me. I wish that life could be always like this. But it can’t. When a wave comes, I can’t [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 3: Peek During Prayers The urge is strong, when praying, to follow the rules: “Every head bowed, every eye closed.” Jesus doesn’t hear our prayers any better when our eyes are closed. Our prayers aren’t suddenly [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 2: Work as Worship Have you ever had church outside of church? Have you ever been on a mission trip in a foreign country, and all a sudden you're awash with emotion, feeling, and the confidence [...]
Join in as Mandy Pallock shares short, friendly, Jesus-focused encouragement to live intentionally right where you are! Episode 1: Feeling God's Pleasure Eric Liddell, known as the Flying Scotsman, is known for not running. But he ran all his life and felt God's pleasure. Throughout his 43 years, Jesus was his love, teaching his [...]