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Who Knew About These Free Summer Activities In Knox County?!

centerburgToday was Who Knew Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive, and we highlighted a lot of fun summer activities for you and your family to enjoy in Knox County, and everything on our list just so happened to be FREE!

Here’s the list of everything we talked about (click on each for more information):

 

You can click here to see a complete calendar of events happening in Knox County.

Our Word of the Day was onomatopoeia (on-uh-mat-uh-pee-uh), a noun meaning the formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent. Head over here to read more on that.

Have an awesome Wednesday evening!

-Jess

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818 per second?

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(photo courtesy USA Today)

Okay, I get that we like hot dogs in this country, but this statistic is a bit staggering…USA Today reports that Americans eat about 7 billion hot dogs between Memorial Day and Labor Day.  That’s 818 hot dogs eaten EVERY SECOND. Eddie says blame it on those hot dog eating contests.

We also shared information about our 2016 version of ‘Take Dad to Dinner.’ Click here to find out more about nominating your dad to win dinner and a DVD!

Song Poetry today was from Danny Gokey’s ‘Tell Your Heart to Beat Again.’ Congratulations to Brenda from Mount Vernon for winning the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley and the Pier House Coffee Shop. Name that Tune was a clip from Phil Wickham’s ‘Your Love Amazes Me,’ and Andrew of Big Prairie, OH won the certificate.

Today’s Word of the Day is villatic (vi-LAT-ick), an adjective meaning of or relating to the country or a farm, or something rural.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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Remembering June 6th

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(photos courtesy of the U.S. Army Militaria Forum)

Today we remember the significance of this day, June 6, where 72 years ago Allied Forces landed over 160,000 troops on the beaches of Normandy.  The event was a turning point in Europe during World War II.

The Museum of the Bible shared today in its daily email that during the war, Heart Shield Bibles were produced to fit in a soldier’s pocket.  These gold-plated steel bibles were a protection from bullets but also contained an inscription of encouragement from President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

Today we also brought back the Mystery Box. I hid and you helped Eddie guess the item, which was a mini Twix Bar!  Congratulations to Susan of Mount Vernon who won the $5 gift certificate to Troyer’s of Apple Valley. Let’s just say Eddie enjoyed eating the mystery today.
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Today’s Word of the Day was a proper one: Normandy, the site of the primary D-Day landing. Normandy is a region in northern France along the English Channel, invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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NZ Top 10 + New Music 6/3

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: It’s Not Over Yet – For King & Country

9: Diamonds – Hawk Nelson

8: If We’re Honest – Francesca Battistelli

7: Everything Comes Alive – We Are Messengers

6: Grace Wins – Matthew West

5: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

4: Just Be Held – Casting Crowns

3: You Are Loved – Stars Go Dim

2: Tell Your Heart To Beat Again – Danny Gokey

1: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

 

NEW MUSIC (Click each for lyric video)

MercyMe – Dear Younger Me

The God I Know – Love & The Outcome

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

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The values series: contentment

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Today we start a Praise Thursday series on values, inspired by the book #Struggles by Pastor Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv.  The theme of the book (click here for more info) is giving us sound biblical tools to combat our addictions to technology and social media, focusing more on “following Jesus in a selfie-centered world.”

Craig sets up the book by establishing eight biblical values that can help us put technology and social media in its proper place. The first is contentment, which is defined as a state of satisfaction or peace of mind.  Contentment can be at risk when we put too much value in comparing our lives with others through social media.  Comparison can be a trap that leads to envy…and envy is the enemy of contentment.

So what can the Bible teach us about contentment?  First, that Christ can be the source of our contentment, as Paul shares in Philippians 4:12-13. “I know what it is to be in need, and I know what it is to have plenty. I have learned the secret of being content in any and every situation, whether well fed or hungry, whether living in plenty or in want. 13 I can do all this through him who gives me strength.” Remember that Paul wrote that while he was in jail, chained to a guard!

What can we do to foster contentment in our lives?  The first choice is to embrace our position and confidence in Christ as his child.  Then, we have to identify and stop doing things that cause us to compare or even envy. That may look different for each of us. Stop trying to one-up your friends on social media? Quit worrying about your likes and follows? Maybe. You can also start celebrating the blessings in the lives of others instead of wondering why it didn’t happen to you. You also can cultivate gratitude; being thankful for what you do have instead of what you don’t.

and…remember this…the toe-stepper…in Exodus 20:17 (The Ten Commandments): “Thou shalt not covet.”

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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Who Knew These Holidays Were Today?!

Today was Who Knew Wednesday on the Afternoon Drive. We shared some interesting holidays that are today.

We talked about Say Something Nice Day, which you can read about here. We also talked about Running Day. You can click here to find out more on that. Lastly, today is Go Barefoot Day, and you can find everything about that holiday over here.

We also told you that tomorrow is Leave The Office Earlier Day, which you can find out about over here.

Our Word of the Day was tickety-boo (tik-i-tee-boo), an adjective meaning fine or okay. You can read more on that here.

Have an awesome Wednesday evening!

-Jess

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May is…gone already?

Summer is officially here, you might say.  It’s hard to believe this is the last day of May, yet, here we are.

Eddie celebrated his 19th birthday Monday with his family. His signature gift was a baritone ukulele (see picture).koloa-baritone-ukulele

We also spent a fun Saturday at the Utica Sertoma Ice Cream Festival and were happy to be part of the Mount Vernon Memorial Day Parade.

Congratulations to our winners for Game Time Tuesday: Lisa from Danville and Beth from Howard both won $5 gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley.  Our Song Poetry song was ‘Great is Our God’ by Plumb, and our Name that Tune song was ‘It’s Not Over Yet’ by For King and Country.

Today’s Word of the Day is MUGWUMP (just like it sounds), a noun that is 1800’s slang for a person who cannot make up his or her mind; someone indecisive.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

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NZ Top 10 + New Music – 5/27

Here’s this week’s NZ Top 10:

10: Good Good Father – Chris Tomlin

9: If We’re Honest – Francesca Battistelli

8: Diamonds – Hawk Nelson

7: God Is On The Move – 7eventh Time Down

6: Everything Comes Alive – We Are Messengers

5: Grace Wins – Matthew West

4: Just Be Held – Casting Crowns

3: You Are Loved – Stars Go Dim

2: Tell Your Heart To Beat Again – Danny Gokey

1: Trust In You – Lauren Daigle

 

NEW MUSIC ADDS (Click each for a lyric video)

What You Want – Tenth Avenue North

Sparrows – Jason Gray

 

Today’s Word of the Day was fard (fahrd), a verb that means to apply cosmetics to the face. You can read more on that here.

Have a great weekend!

-Jess

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The importance of remembering

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This coming Monday is Memorial Day – a holiday established originally as ‘Decoration Day,’ to remember the fallen of the Civil War.  It became a national holiday in 1971 and now covers all of America’s fallen in military service of the country.

So how do we reconcile Memorial Day with our faith?  Sometimes that’s difficult because the holiday becomes more about the USA or more about picnics and barbecues then about the people and families impacted.

Andy Rau from BibleGateway.com wrote an article in 2013 that reminds us that memorials and monuments are an important part of history and culture, including the people of biblical times.  You can read his article by clicking here.

Honor is also an important concept we need to think about on Memorial Day.  We honor those who have served.  After all, we live in a country where we can worship freely and those men and women have defended that right…but we also honor their memory by praying for the families that have experienced loss. John 15:13 says: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.”

We may not always agree with the decisions that lead to and influence war, but we can honor those who protect us. Romans 13:7 reminds us: “Give to everyone what you owe them: If you owe taxes, pay taxes; if revenue, then revenue; if respect, then respect; if honor, then honor.”

Another good read is last year’s Memorial Day blog by Ed Stetzer of Lifeway Research, now with Wheaton College. You can read it here.

Today’s Word of the Day is MILQUETOAST (MILK-toast), a noun meaning a timid, meek or unassertive person.

Thanks for listening!

-Joe

 

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