Presently Engaged with Mandy Pallock

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 them, but because I can’t move on from them? Are there tabs that keep me from really living engaged right where I am, because of the constant reminder of what could have or should have been?

Who knew that Elisabeth Elliot Gren (missionary pioneer) and Anna of Arendelle (Disney princess) would have so much in common?

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?

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?

Your map app has a classification that would be awesome to apply everywhere we go…

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 out times of rest in the busyness of commitments and expectations.  Let us live this day well, for the glory of God.

How do you hear "Well done, good and faithful servant” at the end of your life?

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 grab it, grasp it, hold on to it, and stop it from going by.

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 more effective because we don’t peek.

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 that you're right where God wants you, doing exactly what He wants you to do?

Olympic runner Eric Liddell is actually 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 delight, sports his medium of reaching others, and young people his people group. In a university dorm room, at a mission outpost, or in an internment camp, he consistently shared Christ with winsomeness and love.