Coffee cup perched on the arm of the chair, I enjoy a morning on the back porch before the day heats up and August rages in with full heat. Yesterday our family went out [...]

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 [...]

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” [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Making small talk in the kitchen at church one Sunday, a young man told me he had camped out the night before. We commiserated about how the unexpected cold had surprised him and how [...]