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Shortcake Who Knew!

We’re celebrating a wonderful holiday on the Drive! It’s National Shortcake day! Woo!
Oh my goodness, we have so many awesome recipes for you! Check out some of these…

Here’s a recipe from my dude Alton Brown!
Here’s a very patriotic recipe!
Here’s a tropical twist on a wonderful classic!
Peaches and ginger? Count me in!
Also, lime and mango? I’m down!
And oh my word… this one is for Abby Fairless… glazed doughnut shortcake!
Check that one out here!

Here are some fun facts about shortcake!!!

  • Shortcake is a sweet cake or biscuit (in the American sense: that is, a crumbly bread that has been leavened with baking powder or baking soda).
  • June 14th is National Strawberry Shortcake Day.
  • Strawberry shortcake parties became popular in the United States around 1850, as a celebration of the coming of summer.
  • The 2012 Pasadena Strawberry Festival featured the world’s largest strawberry shortcake. The cake used 3,240 pounds of strawberries and 280 pounds of whipped cream icing.
  • Shortcake is typically made with flour, sugar, baking powder or soda, salt, butter, milk or cream, and sometimes eggs. The dry ingredients are blended, and then the butter is cut in until the mixture resembles cornmeal. The liquid ingredients are then mixed in just until moistened, resulting in a shortened dough. The dough is then dropped in spoonfuls onto a baking sheet, rolled and cut like baking powder biscuits, or poured into a cake pan, depending on how wet the dough is and the baker’s preferences. Then it is baked at a relatively high temperature until set.

    We did a Strawberry Shortcake related trivia question today, and, wow, who knew there were so many Strawberry Shortcake characters?!
    Our question was “can you name 2 of the Strawberry Shortcake characters other than Strawberry Shortcake herself?”
    Congrats to Donna from Mt. Vernon for answering correctly!
    Check out the full list of characters here!

Our word of the day is… ‘shortcake’! Huh. Whoddathunk?
noun  short·cake \ˈshȯrt-ˌkāk\

  1.  a crisp and often unsweetened biscuit or cookie

  2. a dessert made typically of very short baking-powder-biscuit dough spread with sweetened fruit
    b :  a dish consisting of a rich biscuit split and covered with a meat mixture

First Known Use: 1594

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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Poetry Mystery Monday!

Getting back to business here at WNZR!
Today, for Mystery Monday, we had a poetry mystery Monday question, and it was about the humble haiku!
They have a pattern of syllables that are required for it to be a haiku! Our question today, simply was, what is that pattern?

The pattern is…
5 syllables
7 syllables
5 syllables

Congrats to Marsha from Danville!

Our word of the day was

Hebetude: lethargy, dullness

 

Did You Know?

Hebetude usually suggests mental dullness, often marked by laziness or torpor. As such, it was a good word for one Queenslander correspondent, who wrote in a letter to the editor of the Weekend Australian of “an epidemic of hebetude among young people who … are placing too great a reliance on electronic devices to do their thinking and remembering.” Hebetude comes from Late Latin hebetudo, which means pretty much the same thing as our word. It is also closely related to the Latin word for “dull,” hebes, which has extended meanings such as “obtuse,” “doltish,” and “stupid.” Other hebe- words in English include hebetudinous (“marked by hebetude”) and hebetate (“to make dull”).

Thanks for listening!-Lilly

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Prayer: Faith vs. Doubt

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YOUR HEART: FAITH VS. DOUBT
James 1: 6-7 reminds us:

“But when you ask, you must believe and not doubt, because the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea, blown and tossed by the wind.7 That person should not expect to receive anything from the Lord.”

When we pray, the Lord prompts us to ask in faith!  Our doubts can create roadblocks.

Like Peter, we may sometimes quietly deny God’s faithfulness, goodness or ability.  This lack of faith can clog up our prayer life.  We can’t get close to God if we don’t trust Him or believe that He is good.

So if you’re struggling with prayer or don’t feel much like praying at all, you might be dealing with one of these misconceptions about God’s heart and identity.

Misconception #1: God doesn’t know or understand my needs. 

He DOES know you.  He knows you better than you know yourself.  Matthew 10:29-30… “Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? Yet not one of them will fall to the ground outside your Father’s care.[a] 30 And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered.”  He knows before we ask him!
So why does he want us to pray?  What’s the point? It’s about intimately knowing, loving and worshipping God.  It’s about conforming our lives to his will and his ways. Prayer is about accessing and advancing his power, kingdom and glory.  ALL of these require interaction.

Misconception #2: God isn’t able to help.

The apostle Paul answered this objection with one of the most resounding exclamations in the Bible. He declares that God is able to not only do whatever we can imagine Him doing, but He is able to do ABOVE and BEYOND all that we could ever ask or think (Eph 3:20).
The original Greek of this scripture carries the idea of superabundance, exceedingly high amounts, an ability that goes beyond all forms of human measurement. That’s exactly what God has. That’s who He is. Total ability and power. Omnipotence. When you look at the stars, or look in a mirror, you see God’s ability to do things well. If you truly believe this, then it should be no trouble for you to believe that ‘if we ask anything according to His will, He hears us” (1 John 5:14). We can also believe that with faith, no larger than a mustard seed, we can say to the mountains, whatever the mountain is, ‘move from here to there’ and it will move (Matt. 17:20).

God truly can do anything, and even Jesus said “With men, this is impossible, but with God, all things are possible (Matt. 19:26).

Misconception #3: God doesn’t care.

The question that we all like to ask, even after a person accepts God’s omniscience and omnipotence is: “If He knows everything, and can do everything, then why won’t He help me? To know and not care? Isn’t that the worst quality of all?”
Here’s the important part. Repeat this over and over until it makes sense…
A lack of immediate action should NEVER be interpreted as a lack of concern. God cares for the birds of the air, and if He cares for them, how much more, then, does He care for you? Every breath we take is a gift from God. A gift that is God shouting from above that He does care about us.

Misconception #4: God isn’t likely to do anything anyway.

Mark 11:24 says the opposite: “Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours.”

God is willing to listen, respond, counsel, comfort, encourage, direct and rescue.

Mark 1:40-41 tells the story of the leper: “A man with leprosy[a] came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.”

41 Jesus was indignant.[b] He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!”

We are the ones who are weak and unwilling.  Unwilling to believe, wait, accept or to have all of our questions answered.  Jesus was willing to go to the cross for you!  Even now, he is praying and working.  He isn’t a genie who just grants our wishes and we should be happy for that!  God gives us the capacity to trust that His reasons are in keeping with His wisdom and His will.

Here is a prayer that can help us with having faith vs. having doubt:

“Lord, I believe in your perfect knowledge and understanding of me.  I believe in your total, unlimited ability to accomplish your holy will.  I believe you care and are willing to help me. That I can be certain that you will take the best, most loving, most appropriate actions towards me and my needs.

So keep me coming to you, Lord, where all my hopes are safe and secure; and keep me asking you, in faith, knowing you are aware, able, caring, willing and likely.  In Jesus name, Amen!”

Thanks for listening!
– Emily (in for Lilly and Joe)

 

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WNZR Leaders: Who Knew?

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Today we featured the return of our full WNZR student staff for our annual Leadership Team retreat.

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(left to right) Brooke, Hannah, Abby, Dan and Eddie

We visited with senior Dan Monnin, a Communication Studies major from Piqua, Ohio. Dan will be working with our WNZR Sports team this year, doing announcing and also as our Street Team coordinator.  Dan will also graduate this December!

Brooke Schnipke is another senior, a Public Relations major from Columbus Grove, Ohio, near Lima. Brooke is our News Director and also VP of Community Life for our Student Government Association.

Hannah Radke is back for her sophomore year, a Communication Studies major from Medina, Ohio.  Hannah will again be a co-host on the Afternoon Drive. She shared about her vacation to Ireland this summer and her excitement about being a small group co-leader this year at MVNU.

Eddie Dilts is our junior Morning Thing co-host and Production Director from Gahanna, Ohio.  Eddie has worked for WNZR this summer.  He’s a Journalism and Media Production major and Creative Writing minor, and will chair MVNU’s Friday Night Live student skit show this year!

Abby Fairless is a sophomore Communication Studies from Canton, Ohio.  Abby is our Promotions Director this year after serving as Office Assistant as a freshman.  Abby looks forward to greeting old friends and making new ones as the school year starts.

Our other LT members include our own Lilly Buckley and Alexander Young, plus Rachel Rinehart, Jordan Lewis, Mariah Kick, Torre Massie, Trevor Moore and Daria Swisher. Marcy and I are thrilled to have them as part of our student team!  Please keep us in your prayers as we begin the school year.

Our Word of the Day is perfunctory, an adjective which means something characterized by lack of interest or enthusiasm.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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NZ Top 10 and Dan Emmett Festival!

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Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10 as we broadcast from the rain at the 2017 Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival:

10. Tenth Avenue North – I Have This Hope
9. Elevation Worship – O Come to the Altar
8. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
7. Zach Williams – Old Church Choir
6. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
5. Citizen Way – Bulletproof
4. Mandisa – Unfinished
3. Chris Tomlin – Home
2. Casting Crowns – Oh, My Soul
1. MercyMe – Even If (#1 for 15 weeks)

‘Even If’ is our longest song at #1 so far in 2017.  ‘Chainbreaker’ by Zach Williams was at #1 for 14 weeks.

Our new song debut this week is from one of our Sonfest 2017 artists, Bonray.  The song is called ‘Turn My Eyes.’ Check out the video here!

Thanks for listening and we’ll see you at the festival!
-Joe and Lilly

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Prayer: Unity vs. Division

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Today we are live at the 2017 Dan Emmett Music and Arts Festival, but also continue our summer-long series on prayer, inspired by The Battle Plan for Prayer by Alex and Stephen Kendrick.

This week we explore the importance of unity and praying for unity.

Genesis 11 is the story of the Tower of Babel.  What do we learn in verses 1-9?

Now the whole world had one language and a common speech. 2 As people moved eastward,[a] they found a plain in Shinar[b] and settled there. 3 They said to each other, “Come, let’s make bricks and bake them thoroughly.” They used brick instead of stone, and tar for mortar. 4 Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city, with a tower that reaches to the heavens, so that we may make a name for ourselves; otherwise we will be scattered over the face of the whole earth.”

5 But the Lord came down to see the city and the tower the people were building. 6 The Lord said, “If as one people speaking the same language they have begun to do this, then nothing they plan to do will be impossible for them. 7 Come, let us go down and confuse their language so they will not understand each other.”

8 So the Lord scattered them from there over all the earth, and they stopped building the city. 9 That is why it was called Babel[c]—because there the Lord confused the language of the whole world. From there the Lord scattered them over the face of the whole earth.

We learn that even ungodly people can be powerful in unity…but imagine the power we tap into when we worship the God of the Universe. THIS is why the enemy specializes in sowing seeds of mistrust and disunity.  He knows what the alternative is – a powerful opponent.

United prayer is powerful.  We need to work to remove bitterness, pride, and selfishness.

John 17 reminds us that Jesus prayed for his people to be unified into one body; God loves and blesses unity.  Unity draws attention to Jesus, who died for us and now lives to intercede for us.

When people see unity, they see what?  Purpose, love and power. It’s attractive and beautiful. The early church in Acts was devoted to prayer and each other.  The unity was so powerful that God’s hand was upon them and they grew.

Acts 2:43 – “everyone was filled with AWE at the many wonders and signs…”

What do we communicate when we are divided?

We communicate pride, selfishness and ignorance.  Ephesians 4:1-3

As prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have received. 2 Be completely humble and gentle; be patient, bearing with one another in love. 3 Make every effort to keep the unity of the Spirit through the bond of peace.

God’s blessings fall when we dwell together in unity.  He moves when we remove our hearts of sin.

Mark 11:24-26 24 Therefore I tell you, whatever you ask for in prayer, believe that you have received it, and it will be yours. 25 And when you stand praying, if you hold anything against anyone, forgive them, so that your Father in heaven may forgive you your sins.” [26]

I John 4:20-21 20 Whoever claims to love God yet hates a brother or sister is a liar. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. 21 And he has given us this command: Anyone who loves God must also love their brother and sister.

Unity must dwell in a home for it to flourish – the same goes for the church!

Romans 12:18 reminds us to live peacefully with everyone – but when it’s beyond our influence, we pray. We pray for unity with other believers and that we will not allow Satan to divide us over secondary issues.

We fight back against the enemy by CHOOSING to seek the Lord in humility and unity – remember revival happens with a humble and repentant heart.

What would it look like if churches actually worked together within a city to win the lost?  Sharing resources and not caring who gets the credit?

If you want a powerful, unified movement of God among a willing people then you must pray for it and fight for it! Ask the Lord to link you with others who share that mindset.

It’s been done before. Jeremiah 33:3 promises: ‘Call to me and I will answer you and tell you great and unsearchable things you do not know.’

The Chapter 15 Prayer: “Lord, I’ve seen the kind of damage that can result from being in conflict with others, when we’re keeping our distance, especially among fellow believers. I’ve felt the hypocrisy of it all.  I’ve kept seeing the same names and faces when convicted about people I struggle to get along with.  But it’s hindering me, Lord. In my prayer and in my freedom.  Help me take whatever steps necessary to bring healing to any broken relationships. And to desire unity with everyone who claims the name of Christ.  So that together, we can work for your kingdom and the glory of your name.  Amen.”

Thanks for listening!
-Joe and Lilly

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First Friday NZ Top 10

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As we celebrate this month’s First Friday in downtown Mount Vernon, here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10. Elevation Worship – O Come to the Altar
9. Tenth Avenue North – I Have This Hope
8. Zach Williams – Old Church Choir
7. TobyMac – Love Broke Through
6. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
5. Citizen Way – Bulletproof
4. Mandisa – Unfinished
3. Casting Crowns – Oh, My Soul
2. Chris Tomlin – Home
1. MercyMe – Even If

NEW MUSIC FRIDAY: we added a new song this week from 7eventh Time Down, Only King Forever – check out the lyric video here!

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Plus here’s the new song from We Are Messengers, Point to You – watch the video here!

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Our NZ Top 10 Back-to-Back today featured Jonny Diaz.  Click here for his official website.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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Mystery Monday at the Fair!

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Lilly and I are On the Road with Big Blue at the 2017 Knox County Fair all week.  Make sure you tune in for the latest updates from the shows and conversations with news makers at the fairgrounds.

Our Facebook and website galleries will also be updated daily with pictures.

Today’s Mystery Monday fair-themed question: what are at least four breeds of rabbits shown at the Knox County Fair?  Rachel from Mount Vernon guessed four: New Zealand, Dutch, Holland Lop and Mini Rex.  She wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Jane from Mount Vernon also won our tickets to see For King and Country and Zach Williams at the Ohio State Fair one week from tonight!  Their first hit single was “Busted Heart,” released in 2011.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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What makes or breaks a date?

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Today’s Mystery Monday question revolved around the quirks or personality traits that make or break a dating relationship.

Our question? 31% of singles shared in a recent survey said they wouldn’t date someone who didn’t do THIS. The answer? Eat meat. 31% of daters want a meat-eater! Congratulations to Breeonna from Mount Vernon who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley!

Here are some other true break-up or “no second date” reasons people shared on online forums:

They smelled like pancakes/Chewed with their mouth open/Bad tooth to gum ratio

Their nose whistled when they breathed/Had the same name as my dad or brothers

Thought people putting windshield wipers up on their cars was a gang ritual – gangs marking their territory

They had an annoying voice/His handwriting was nicer than mine

They didn’t use turn signals when driving/She had Winnie the Pooh bed sheets and towels

Not a gentleman or not a lady/They had no ambition/They were sloppy; messy

Too much video game playing/They were on the rebound from another relationship

They couldn’t swim, so they wouldn’t go into the deep end of the pool with me!

Today’s Word of the Day is fealty (FEE-ul-tee), a noun that means fidelity or faithfulness to a lord; it originated in Old France with the lord and vassal class system.

Thanks for listening!
-Joe

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