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The Middle Of My Heart Is Yours

Today was Praise Thursday on the Afternoon Drive.

In the first hour, we focused on the song The Middle Of Your Heart by For King & Country.

You can find the lyric video for the song here.

If you click here, you can find a complete interview with Luke & Joel Smallbone from the band talking about the story behind the song.

In hour 2, we dove into the story behind Passion & Kristian Stanfill’s song My Heart Is Yours. You can find the full video for the song here. We shared Mark 10:26-30, which has some of the inspiration behind the song. You can check out those verses over here.

Our Word of the Day was implacable (im-PLAK-uh-bul), an adjective meaning not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated. You can read more on that here.

Have a great Thursday evening!

-Jess & Joe

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Mystery Monday – Video Games Day!

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Today and every September 12th is dubbed Video Games Day, to honor the sensation that started in 1950 at the Canadian National Exhibit with a computer named Bertie that could play Tic-Tac-Toe.

Eddie asked this trivia question: what are two of the top three selling video games of all time? This article by Forbes magazine answers the question. Congratulations to Spencer from Utica who guessed all three – Tetris (above), Minecraft and Wii Sports. He wins the $5 certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Word of the Day is nerfing, a verb which is making a change to a video game that makes something less effective or desirable.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Thursday Tomato Time!

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Dan Monnin and Eddie Dilts toast their chilled tomato juice at the Fredericktown Tomato Show.

Make sure you stay with our coverage of the Tomato Show through Saturday night.  Also make sure you check out Marcy, Jenna and Josh’s Facebook Live event tonight from the artist meet-and-greet during the Momentum Conference in Orlando, Florida.

Our Word of the Day was phalanx, a noun meaning a number of individuals, especially persons united for a common purpose.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Game Time Tuesday! 9/6/16

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Today was another edition of Game Time Tuesday, meaning we gave to listeners a chance to win a 5$ gift certificate to  Troyer’s of Apple Valley.  We played Song Poetry, and our lyrics came from the song Dear Younger Me by MercyMe.  We also played Name That Tune, and our Song was Breath by Jonny Diaz.  Congratulations today’s winners Shauna and Chip.

Our word of the day today is Will-o’-The-Wisp which is a noun that means a light that appears at night over marshy ground ora misleading or elusive goal or hope

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Mystery Monday

MM lightToday’s item in the Mystery Box was very unique and was a special gift to MVNU faculty and staff to start the year from our First Lady, Sharon Spaulding. It was a light bulb container with SHINE FORTH on the side.

Congratulations to Trina of Mount Vernon who correctly guessed what it was – and to Eddie for giving great clues!

Our Word of the Day is spinebash, an Australian slang verb for resting or loafing.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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NZ Top 10 – 9/2/16

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First Friday crew – Dan Monnin, Marcy Rinehart and Andy Krolik

It’s a First Friday NZ Top 10 today!

10. Hillary Scott & The Scott Family – Thy Will
9. Unspoken – Higher
8. Aaron Shust – Ever Be
7. TobyMac – Move (Keep Walkin’)
6. 7eventh Time Down – God is on the Move
5. Lauren Daigle – Trust in You
4. Jonny Diaz – Breathe
3. MercyMe – Dear Younger Me
2. Jeremy Camp – Christ in Me
1. Ryan Stevenson f/GabeReal – Eye of the Storm

Our Breakout Hit of the Week is the new one from We Are Messengers, called ‘Magnify.’ See the official music video here.

Our Word of the Day is gaposis, which is a comedic  term for a noticeable gap or series of gaps, as between the fastened buttons or snaps on an overly tight garment!

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Apple Pie Friday

apple pieThe first ever Apple Pie Baking Contest is coming to downtown Mount Vernon for the September First Friday…

Find the details and rules by clicking here.  Thanks to COTC, MVNU, Kenyon and the Mount Vernon Grand Hotel for co-sponsoring this event!  Thanks to the Mount Vernon News for hosting the entry forms online.

Did you know Apple Pie is NOT an American original?  It was first conceived in 1381 in England.  The Dutch are also well-known for their apple crumb and apple lattice pies.

Originally, apple pie eaters DID NOT eat the crust.  Sugar was very scarce in the 14th century so crusts simply held the pie filling and were called coffins.  Yes, like the burial coffins.

Today’s Word of the Day is lattice, which means ‘a structure consisting of strips of wood or metal crossed and fastened together with square or diamond-shaped spaces left between, used typically as a screen or fence or as a support for climbing plants’ (or a pattern that looks like that). It can also mean, in physics, a regular repeated three-dimensional arrangement of atoms, ions, or molecules.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Game Time Tuesday

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Song Poetry lyrics today:
You have fallen so far now
You don’t even know how you are going to survive
(But) Just above the horizon
A new light is shining, breaking through the darkest night…

The answer? Third Day and ‘Lift Up Your Face.’ Congratulations to Betsy of Mount Vernon who wins the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.

Our Name That Tune song was Tree63’s ‘Blessed Be Your Name.’ Congratulations to Amy of Mount Vernon who also won a Troyer’s certificate!

Today’s Word of the Day is matriculate (muh-TRICK-you-late), a verb that means to enroll in a college or a university to pursue a degree, or to register a coat of arms.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Remembering Gene…

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Gene Wilder died today.  He was 83.  I will always have find memories of him and his career because of two basic things: Willy Wonka (above) and his uncanny ability to make me crack up laughing.

I distinctly remember watching Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory with my cousins, then listening to the soundtrack on 8-track in the car cracking up during the ‘Fizzy Lifting Drink’ scene, which had tons of burping. I also must confess, I laughed a lot the first time I saw Gene’s movie Silver Streak, especially the train station disguise scene. If you know the movie, you know what I mean.

Our trivia question was a two-parter about Gene today: what was his REAL first and last name?…and from what Big Ten school did he graduate? The answers? His real name was Jerome Silberman and he was a graduate of the University of Iowa.  He chose Gene because it was his mom’s name (Jeanne) and he loved the play Our Town by Thornton Wilder.

Our Word of the Day is rarefied (RAIR-uh-fied), which means very high or relating to a select group.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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