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Top 10 Rainy Day Activities for Kids

Top 10 Rainy Day Activities for Kids

Carrie Parsons 89.5 KVNE Mornings If bad weather is keeping your family cooped up inside, here are some favorite rainy day activities for kids! Family Movie Day (or Night) What’s better than cuddling up with your kids, a blanket and a coffee table full of snacks for a family movie night. On the next rainy […]

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4 More Songs, Four More Songs!!

4 More Songs, Four More Songs!!

Nikki Martinez 89.5 KVNE Middays First off, want to say THANK YOU to everyone who helped out in any way with our Fall PraiseShare. There’s a lot of moving pieces always, and your help is always needed (whether financially or prayerfully), so thank you, thank you, thank you for your help!! Now that the PraiseShare […]

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Faith Can Start Small

Faith Can Start Small

Susan O’Donnell 89.5 KVNE Evenings I have a friend who loves to collect acorns. In the drink holder of her car are about five perfect acorns complete with the little “hats” they wear. They aren’t very large, maybe the size of about a gum ball. They aren’t heavy, nor do they seem to be something […]

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It’s Easy for Me

It’s Easy for Me

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings It’s easy for me to put myself first. It’s easy for me to love my stuff. to defend my motives. to be critical of others. to get my feelings hurt. to be discourteous. to rationalize my bad habits. to highlight others’ sins. to be lazy. to give advice. to hoard […]

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My Fitbit is Lying

My Fitbit is Lying

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings This marvelous little wrist band keeps track of my steps, my miles, my calories and any number of statistics I program into it. I wonder if it can read my mind. If I simply move my arm up and down, it thinks I’m walking and registers additional steps. I could […]

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A Pumpkin Prayer

A Pumpkin Prayer

Susan O’Donnell 89.5 KVNE Evenings Dear God, As I carve my pumpkin help me say this prayer: Open my mind so I can learn about You; Cut the top of the pumpkin Take away all my sin and forgive me for the wrong things I do. Clean out the inside Open my eyes so Your […]

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Is God Even Here?

Is God Even Here?

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Before you yell “blasphemy” or think I’ve not only lost my faith, but my mind, (the latter is always possible) consider for a moment the possibility that it’s both you AND me who perhaps doesn’t always believe in His constant presence. If our actions are any indication of our belief, […]

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For People Watching, Go to the Airport

For People Watching, Go to the Airport

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Everybody: Go to the airport. Go directly to the airport. Just when I think I’ve seen them all, new characters continue to show up at the airport. And to think each one has a story to tell of how they got there! It’s fascinating to see all the different colors, […]

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Date Night Ideas for Your Budget

Date Night Ideas for Your Budget

Carrie Parsons 89.5 KVNE Mornings 1 Peter 4:8 says “Most important of all, continue to show love for each other…” What better way to do that than to spend time with your spouse? Remember back in the day when you couldn’t go a day without seeing each other? Now you’re married with kids and responsibilities […]

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Excuses: Demand High. Supply Low.

Excuses: Demand High. Supply Low.

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings It’s all a matter of supply and demand. I can’t buy an excuse. I need one, but they’re nowhere to be found. When people talk about their pasts, they’re often filled with heart-breaking themes: broken homes, illnesses, financial woes, violence. I had none of that. So whatever struggles, anxieties, or […]

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New Ones from Austin, Hillsong, & Riley

New Ones from Austin, Hillsong, & Riley

Nikki Martinez 89.5 KVNE Middays First off, for all who continuously take our Music Crew Surveys, just wanted to stop for a second and say THANK YOU! I know you’ve got busy schedules to match your busy lives, but those few minutes you take every 2 weeks to listen and rate music really helps soooooo […]

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Losing Our Luggage

Losing Our Luggage

Susan O’Donnell 89.5 KVNE Afternoons I was packing for a trip getting the basics in the suitcase, so the “necessities” would be ready and all I’d have to do is choose the clothes and packing would be completed. It made me think that we do this throughout our lifetime. We carry around emotional mental and […]

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