Episodes
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The Book of Romans — Full Audio Reading (Berean Standard Bible)
A full audio reading of Paul's letter to the Romans, from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB). Today's episode is a special one: the complete book of Romans, read straight through, with no commentary, thoughts, or conversation added. Enjoy the Word of the Lord for you today. Romans has shaped…
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#80 – Build Your Own Question Habit
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...
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#79 – Ask Questions Like Jesus
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…
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#78 – How to Question God Without Losing Your Faith
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...
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#77 – How Questions Can Soften Anger
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...
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#76 – Hard Questions: Say the Quiet Parts Out Loud
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...
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#75 – The Power of a Repeated Question
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…
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#74 – How Questions and Stories Shape Faith
Questions and stories keep faith alive. Discover how God uses stories and memorials to help us remember and retell His faithfulness!
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Bonus Episode – Mentoring with Questions
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...
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#73 – When a Question Broke the World
How the serpent’s question in Genesis 3 sowed doubt, and how God’s questions still invite us back into hope.
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#72 – How to Read the Bible with a Questioning Heart
Learn how to bring your questions to God as Mandy shares five practical guidelines for reading Scripture with a questioning heart.
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#71 – Why Questions Matter
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.
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#70 – Questions in Heaven
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?
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#69 – High Intensity Prayer
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 #presentlyengaged #christianpodcast #intentionalliving Content © 2024 by Mandy Pallock. https://www.presentlyengaged.com/ Editing by Jesse...
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#68 – When Jesus Says "Come"
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…
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#67 – Power to the Introverts
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...
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#66 – Pray Before You Ask
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...
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#65 – Three Things that Overcome Fear
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…
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#64 – Seeing Rainbows
🌈 When was the last time you saw a rainbow? When was the 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! 🌈 Available wherever you...
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#63 - The Big Game of Listening
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…
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#62– Messages from the Master
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?
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#61 – Run Together
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 to…
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#60 – Music Is Meditation
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?
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#59 – Variations on a Thought
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.
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#58 – Optimistic Sign Placement
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...
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#57 – What’s in Your Trash Can?
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.
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Bonus Episode, Easter Part 2: Mark 16
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 the right...
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Bonus Episode, Easter Part 1: Mark 15
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)
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#56 – Overzealous Brushing
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.
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#55 – Let in the Light
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.…
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#54 – Wear it on Your Sleeve
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.
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#53 – The Good Deal: Redemption
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.
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#52 – The Spiritual Side of the Eyelash Curler
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.
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#51 – Wash Your Dishes
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 to let the…
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#50 – Resurrection Monday
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?...
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#49 – Jesus in the Garden
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...
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#48 – Sheltered in the Storm
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 storm. If...
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#47 – Dew in the Desert
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…
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#46 – Gifts of the Magi
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...
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Bonus Episode – Luke 2 and John 1:1-14
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.”
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#45 – Looking for Jesus
If the wise men of the Christmas story had been following a Disney-esque plot line, 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…
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#44 – What We Don’t Know About Christmas
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!
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#43 – Happy Holy Days
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...
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#42 – Somebody Built a Manger
I used to view decoration as something to simply do, on a long list of getting ready for the season. Christmas didn’t start until all the decorations were up and the house looked pristine. But what if preparation is holy? We prepare our hearts for Advent, for a focusing on Jesus, for these…
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#41 – When Jesus Gave Thanks
In this season of thanksgiving, let’s take a moment to learn how Jesus’ example of thankfulness.
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Bonus Episode – The Question Habit – Chapter 1
In this special episode of the Presently Engaged Podcast, listen to 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?
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#40 – Not What You Wear
It's time to look the person next to me in the eye.
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#39 – Running Out of Water
Is it possible to run out of water at the beach?
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#38 – Beautiful Ruins
Ever noticed that we love visiting ruins from the days of yore? You are not disqualified from the story God is writing. God takes even ruins and uses them for His glory. In our weakness, He is strong. In our brokenness, He is revealed as Healer.
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#37 – Worry Is Wasted Energy
When I allow worry to invade my thoughts, when I spin my wheels on the “What If’s” and the “What Now’s,” this gives me perspective: Worry is wasted energy. And who has the time to waste energy? Move through worry to prayer and action.
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