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Some Games and Uplifting News for your Tuesday!

Now, I’ve graduated high school, and that was cool, but it would have been even cooler to have graduated with my mom! Read about Minnesota graduate, Sora, who actually did get to graduate with her mother! Check it out here!

Our song poetry prompt today was…
“Are you hurting and broken within
Overwhelmed by the weight of your sin
Jesus is calling”

Congratulations to Travis from Mt. Vernon for calling and correctly guessing!
The answer is ‘O Come to the Altar’ from Elevation Worship

Our Name That Tune song today was ‘Beloved’ from Jordan Feliz!
Congratulations to Melodie from Mt. Vernon for calling in and correctly guessing!

Baseball is neat, and the ushers at baseball games are pretty entertaining as well. That’s even more true for 98 year old Phil, who has been an usher for the Pirates for 80 years! Read the whole story from ESPN here!

Our word of the day today was… catercorner
adverb or adjective || KAT-ee-kor-ner
This means… in a diagonal or oblique position : kitty-corner.

 Catercorner also has the variants kitty-corner and catty-corner, but despite appearances, no cats were involved in the creation of this word. Cater derives from the Middle French noun quatre (or catre), which means “four.” English speakers adopted the word to refer to the four-dotted side of a die—a side important in several winning combinations in dice games. Perhaps because the four spots on a die can suggest an X, cater eventually came to be used dialectically with the meaning “diagonal” or “diagonally.” This cater was combined with corner to form catercorner.
Thanks for listening!
-Lilly
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CANDY MONTH Mystery Monday

I love candy, but who doesn’t?
Today on the show, Rachel and I talked all about candy!
Check out these fun facts!

  • The man who invented cotton candy, William James Morrison, was a dentist.
  • Fairy Floss was the original name of cotton candy.
  • Snickers, one of the most popular candy bars today, was named after the Mars family horse
  • A lollipop, which was invented by George Smith in 1908, was named after Lolly Pop, a racing horse.
  • Easter is one of the big candy holidays and each year candy companies make more than 90 million Easter bunnies and 16 billion jelly beans just for the one day holiday.
  • Almost everyone eats the ears off of their chocolate Easter bunnies before they eat anything else.
  • Across the country, red jelly beans are most commonly chosen as the favorite amongst children.
  • Almost every child in America will go trick or treating this year (93%).
  • If you laid out all the candy corn produced in a year from end to end, you could circle the Earth more than 4 times.
  • More than 75% of the candy given out during trick or treating is bite-size chocolate bars.

Our Mystery Monday Mystery Question was as follows…
In early 1995, Mars ran a promotion in which consumers could vote what color M&M replaced the tan M&M. What color ended up replacing the tan M&M.

The answer was BLUE! Congrats to Amy of Mt. Vernon who answered correctly!

Our word of the day today was, aptly, confectionery!
noun || con·fec·tion·ery || \kən-ˈfek-shə-ˌner-ē\
This is the confectioner’s art or business, sweet foods (such as candy or pastry, or  a confectioner’s shop!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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Fun Games and Uplifting News!

Come see WNZR R.E.A.L (that’s Rachel, Eddie, and Lilly) perform at the Buchwald Plaza in downtown Mt. Vernon this Friday for June First Friday! We’ll be playing from 6-8, so come out and listen to some of your local DJ’s sing a little 🙂

Our song poetry lyrics today were:
“Your word is
A light unto my feet
Your love is
My identity”
Short one today but it’s a great song!
It was ‘All that Matters’ from Colton Dixon!
Congratulations to Sherrisa of Howard who called in and correctly guessed!

Congratulations to Katie of Mt. Vernon who won our Name That Tune game today as well! The answer to NTT was ‘Forgiven’ from Crowder!

For Uplifting News today, Joe shared a great story!
Read about Bob Charland who is fixing up bikes for kids! Check it out here!

Our word of the day today was: keysmash
Noun || kee-smash
a random string of letters and symbols typed out on a keyboard or touchscreen,used to signal intense emotion in written communication.
So, uh, kinda like this… sfgo-thp[lwe ;.[.’s’
or maybe like this… ake rjy3[okam;
One more? Okay. z478bd8i
Perfect, right? They’re fun too.

Thanks for listening!

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NZ Top 10 5/26

It’s been a great week, and there’s no better way to end it than with the NZ Top 10!
Let’s get right to the countdown, shall we?

10. Chain Breaker – Zach Williams
9. Unfinished – Mandisa
8. Rise – Danny Gokey
7.  Never Been a Moment – Micah Tyler
6. Testify – NEEDTOBREATHE
5. I Have this Hope – Tenth Avenue North
4. Home – Chris Tomlin
3. Love Broke Thru – TobyMac
2. What a Beautiful Name – Hillsong Worship
1. Even If – MercyMe

Our Behind the Mic feature this week was chosen courtesy of you via a Twitter poll!
The response was immense, so thank you for your participation!
So the Behind the Mic feature this week was from For King and Country!
Check out ‘The Proof of Your Love’ here, and check out their interview with New Release Today here!

Check out our Breakout Hit of the Week, Bulletproof, from Citizen Way here!

Check out our Back to Back Artist, Natalie Grant!
Listen to her songs ‘Be One‘ and ‘Closer to Your Heart‘

Our rewinds took us back to 2000 this week!
Check out Ginny Owens’ song ‘If You Want me To‘ and

Our New Music Friday feature came to us courtesy of Third Day!
Check out ‘Revival’ here!

Our Fan Choice of the Week goes out to Alliya of Mt. Vernon!
Check out Alliya’s favorite song ‘Alone’ by Hollyn here!

 

Thanks for listening!
Have a great weekend!
-Lilly

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Praise Thursday: Priority of Prayer

Good afternoon! It was a drizzle-filled one here in Mt. Vernon, but we continued our series on prayer today, and we talked about the priority of prayer!

Here’s some of the things we were talking about on the show today!
Prayer is:

  • The key to intimacy between Christ and us
  • Our interaction with our heavenly father like we would interact with an earthly father (Matthew 7: 9-11)
  • Human frailty, joined in communion with divine perfection
  • Too wonderful and important no to do it
  • A big deal to God so it should be a big deal to us

Praying isn’t easy because it requires us to pause and focus our thoughts; it requires us to rely less on self-sufficiency; it requires humility…but…

We need God, so we need to make it a priority!

Prayer should be first in the order of things (I Timothy 2: 1-8)

Jesus prioritized prayer above everything else; his disciples saw this consistently, so that may be why they asked him in Luke 11:1, “teach us how to pray.”

Jesus said in Mark 11:17 that “my house shall be called a house of prayer for all the nations…”

Everything else that occupies the church’s time and energy will be lacking in power and blessing and the fragrance of God’s presence if prayer is not kept first.

We can’t make prayer an add-on or an afterthought…

We were never intended to live out the Christian life or accomplish his work on the earth in our own wisdom or strength.  The plan has ALWAYS been to rely on the Holy Spirit and live a life of obedience in prayer.

Acts 1:14 – a deep devotion to prayer was always connected to the success of the New Testament church.

Devoting yourself to something carries the idea of insisting and clinging to something. We see it again in Acts 2:42 and Acts 6:4.

Everywhere we turn, prayer should be there to meet us. When it does, scripture reminds us that we can expect these things to happen:

  • Evangelism of the lost (Colossians 4:3)
  • Cultivation of discipleship (John 17)
  • True Christian fellowship (Acts 2:42)
  • Wise decisions (James 1:5)
  • The overcoming of obstacles (Mark 11:22-24)
  • Needs met (Matthew 6:11)
  • Ignition of true worship (Matthew 6:13)
  • The sparking of revival (2 Chronicles 7:14)

“Father forgive us for relying on our wisdom, strength, energy and ideas rather than abiding in You and seeking You first. Help us lay aside anything that hinders us from pursuing Your best. Help us to prioritize prayer and devote ourselves to it in our personal lives, our families, and our churches. Make our churches truly houses of prayer for all nations. Revive us again, O Lord. Help us walk by Your strength  and bring You great glory in our generation.
In Jesus’ name, Amen.”

Our word of the day today: inanition

noun || in-uh-NISH-un

the exhausted condition that results from lack of food and water
the absence or loss of social, moral, or intellectual vitality or vigor
Inanition describes a state of suffering from either a literal emptiness (of sustenance) or a metaphorical emptiness (of interest or energy), so it should come as no surprise that the word ultimately derives from the same idea in Latin. Inanition, which first appeared in Middle English in the 14th century as in-anisioun, can be traced back to the Latin verb inanire, meaning “to make empty,” which in turn comes from inanis (meaning “empty”). Another far more common descendant of inanis is inane. The family resemblance is clear: inane is used describe things lacking significance or substance.

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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A Memorial Who Knew!

There’s a difference between Memorial Day and Veterans Day, but not everyone is entirely sure what that difference is! CNN wrote a good article explaining the difference, check it out below!

Memorial Day: Celebrated the last Monday in May, Memorial Day is the holiday set aside to pay tribute to those who died serving in the military.
The website for the United States Department of Veterans Affairs recounts the start of Memorial Day this way:
“Three years after the Civil War ended, on May 5, 1868, the head of an organization of Union veterans — the Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) — established Decoration Day as a time for the nation to decorate the graves of the war dead with flowers. Maj. Gen. John A. Logan declared that Decoration Day should be observed on May 30. It is believed that date was chosen because flowers would be in bloom all over the country.”
The passage of the National Holiday Act of 1971 by Congress made it an official holiday.

Veterans Day: This federal holiday falls on November 11 and is designated as a day to honor all who have served in the military. According to Military.com, Veterans Day began as Armistice Day to honor the end of World War I, which officially took place on November 11, 1918.
“In 1954, after having been through both World War II and the Korean War, the 83rd U.S. Congress — at the urging of the veterans service organizations — amended the Act of 1938 by striking out the word “Armistice” and inserting the word “Veterans,” the site says. “With the approval of this legislation on June 1, 1954, November 11 became a day to honor American veterans of all wars.”

There is a really neat website that will tell you all about Memorial Day and you can check out all the history and ways to celebrate Memorial Day here!

Our word of the day today was: malleable
adjective || MAL-ee-uh-bul

This means: capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers, capable of being altered or controlled by outside forces or influences, or having a capacity for adaptive change.

There is a hint about the origins of malleable in its first definition. The earliest uses of the word, which first appeared in English in the 14th century, referred primarily to metals that could be reshaped by beating with a hammer. The Middle English word malliable comes to us from Medieval Latin malleabilis, which in turn derives from the Latin verb malleare, meaning “to hammer.” Malleare itself was created from the Latin word for “hammer”: malleus. If you have guessed that maul and mallet, other English words for specific types of hammers, can also be traced back to malleus, you have hit the nail on the head.

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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Uplifting News and Game Time Tues

Good afternoon! We were in need of some uplifting news today, and we provided that for you today! We also provided $5 gift certificates to Troyer’s of Apple Valley with Game Time Tuesday!

Have you ever wanted to sky dive? I’m going to make the conjecture that you’re not 100 years old now, right? Check out the story of the D-Day Veteran who went skydiving for his 100th birthday! Read the whole story here!

Baseball is a great sport and hitting a home run is a really big deal. Hitting a home run in honor of you mom who lost her battle with ovarian cancer? Even a bigger deal. Check out the whole story here!

We played ‘Song Poetry’ today, and the lyrics were…
“You love me even when I fall apart
I can’t explain it
That’s just who you are
Don’t want perfection
You just want my heart.”
The song was ‘Through Your Eyes’ from Britt Nicole.
Tisha from Fredericktown called in and correctly guessed! Congratulations!

Here’s our word of the day: nudnik
noun || NOOD-nik (the “OO” is as in “good”)
This is a person who is a bore or nuisance.
The suffix -nik came to English through Yiddish (and ultimately from Polish and Ukrainian). It means “one connected with or characterized by being.” You might be familiar with beatnik, peacenik, or neatnik, but what about no-goodnik or allrightnik? The suffix -nik is frequently used in English to create nonce words that are often jocular or slightly derogatory. Some theorize that the popularity of the suffix was enhanced by Russian Sputnik, as well as Al Capp’s frequent use of -nik words in his L’il Abner cartoons. The nud- of the Yiddish borrowing nudnik ultimately comes from the Polish nuda, meaning “boredom.”

 Thanks for listening!
-Lilly
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Mystery Box Monday!

Good afternoon! It’s a cloudy one here in Mt. Vernon today, but we had some great music today, as well as the mystery box! Check out what happened on the show today below!

Through the shake test, we learned that part of this object is plastic, and that the plastic is not a container. From the smell test, we learned that it’s not an item you’d find in your kitchen, but it’s an item that you’d find in your office.
The touch test absolutely gave it away, and Joe realized that it was a stapler.
The funny thing was, Joe was looking for the stapler earlier, and couldn’t find it, and I had to keep a straight face because I knew it was in the box.
Congrats to Missy from Mount Vernon who called and correctly guessed!

Our word of the day was: ultracrepidarian.
This is an adjective that means noting or pertaining to a person who criticizes,judges, or gives advice outside the area of his or her expertise.

Check out the history of this word, because it’s really neat!
Ultracrepidarian is nonexistent in Latin and very rare in English. The word was coined by the English essayist William Hazlitt (1778-1830) from the Latin phrase ultra crepidam “beyond the sandal” (there are several Latin versions) taken from the Natural History(book 35) of the Roman polymath Pliny the Elder(a.d. 23-79). Pliny was retelling a retort that Apelles(4th century b.c.), a famous ancient Greek painter,made to a cobbler. The cobbler the day before had criticized Apelles for inaccurately painting a sandal,and Apelles corrected his error. The next day thecobbler tried to criticize Apelles’ painting of the leg the sandal was on, at which the exasperated Apelles  remarked that “a shoemaker should not judge above his sandal.” Ultracrepidarian entered English in the 19th century.

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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NZ Top 10 – 5/19

Today the countdown got a little bit of a shake up, but it was as good as a countdown as any, so let’s get right to it!

Magnify from We are Messengers held a place on the charts for 13 weeks, and peak at #4 in the countdown, but this week, it was kicked out of the countdown by Mandisa!

10. Mandisa – Unfinished
9. Zach Williams – Chain Breaker
8. Micah Tyler – Never Been a Moment
7. Danny Gokey –Rise
6. NEEDTOBREATHE – Testify
5.  Tenth Avenue North – I Have this Hope
4. Chris Tomlin – Home
3. TobyMac – Love Broke Thru
2. Hillsong Worship – What a Beautiful Name
1. MercyMe – Even If

This week, we went Behind the Mic with husband and wife duo ‘Love and the Outcome’ to talk about their song ‘He is With Us. Check out their interview with Newreleasetoday, and check out the video to the song here!

Our Breakout Hit of the Week came to us courtesy of Chicago band, Citizen Way.
Check out their new song ‘Bulletproof’ here!

The NZ Back-to-Back artist Spotlight this week fell on Tenth Avenue North!
Check out their songs ‘By Your Side‘ & ‘Love is Here‘.
Also, check out their summer concert schedule here!

Our NZ Rewinds today took us back to 2003!
Check out ‘You Found Me‘ from FFH, and ‘He Reigns‘ from Newsboys!

Our New Music Friday feature came courtesy of Season 8 American Idol Contestant, Danny Gokey. Check out his new song ‘Comeback‘ here!

Thanks for listening!
-Lilly

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