Middays with Nikki Martinez
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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10 Ways to Connect with Our Kids

10 Ways to Connect with Our Kids

I can tell you as a mom of a 24-year-old that time flies! It seems like just yesterday I was changing his diapers and rocking him to sleep. How did we get here… 24 years later? When I look back, I’m so thankful for the conversations, the meals together, and the fun times we’ve had […]

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Choose Joy!

Choose Joy!

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Take all your troubles and put ‘em in a BAG. Throw ‘em out to sea. You’ve got plenty of problems. You’ve got plenty to be thankful for. The same could be said of all of us. We’re all in the same boat. The only difference is the degree to which […]

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It’s Just a Number…Right?

It’s Just a Number…Right?

Nikki Martinez 89.5 KVNE Middays 151…could be a flight number, the combination to a safe, or a parking garage spot. But that was the number that showed-up on the scale recently. And let me tell you, I almost teared-up.   Most women wouldn’t talk about how much they weighed, right up there with how old […]

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Top 10 Things Kids Don’t Worry About

Top 10 Things Kids Don’t Worry About

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Kids are not human. They’re super human. I’m talking about little kids. Preschoolers. They have nerves of steel. The energy of 10 men. They are laser-focused on what they want. They can be devastated one minute and bounce back to giggling like a … well, like a giggling kid in under 60 […]

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Moving and Grooving New Music

Moving and Grooving New Music

Nikki Martinez 89.5 KVNE Middays One will make you move a lot, the other may make you more groove side-to-side (or at least that’s what I’ve caught myself doing in the studio). Either way, hopefully these 2 new tracks can be ones that speak to you and give you just what you need, a just […]

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Are You on the Right Path?

Are You on the Right Path?

Carrie Parsons 89.5 KVNE Mornings Hey, it’s Carrie Parsons! I hope you’re having a great day today! Ya know, I was thinking about my mom and how when Iw as a kid she would tell me, “Hey, don’t hang out with the wrong crowd. Ya know, what? It’s the wrong crowd, first of all, but […]

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Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Slow and Steady Wins the Race

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Mom told me a long time ago to “Just do something.” Turns out she was right. When I sit, I sink. When I stand, I soar. If you’ve been feeling sluggish, no energy, no motivation, perhaps it’s time to get off the couch. There are so many “attractions” to keep […]

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We Are ALL Beautifully Broken

We Are ALL Beautifully Broken

Nikki Martinez 89.5 KVNE Middays Broken. Messed-up. Full of Mistakes. If these are a few of the words you’ve attached to yourself at one time or another, you wouldn’t be alone. I had worked so hard in attempting this radio thing, to be told almost 3 years in that I really shouldn’t be doing radio, […]

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The Moment that Changed Everything

The Moment that Changed Everything

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings You never know what to expect at large church meetings. I fully anticipated powerful music and effective speakers and storytellers. I’d been to enough conferences of this type to know they’re well planned and designed for participants to grow in their faiths. What I didn’t foresee was an image now […]

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10 Easy Ideas for Going Back to School

10 Easy Ideas for Going Back to School

Carrie Parsons 89.5 KVNE Mornings When I was a kid I loved everything about going back to school: shopping for new clothes, gathering school supplies, meeting the teacher, reconnecting with friends. I couldn’t imagine why anyone would dread the start of a new school year. On the KVNE Morning Show, we get lots of calls […]

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Be Present!

Be Present!

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Hey, it’s Mike from beautiful downtown Forney. It’s actually residential and it’s no more beautiful than any other town, but that’s what you say when you’re talking about your town. Just thought I’d show you around a little bit – the place. Ya know, we moved here three years ago […]

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Micah and More!

Micah and More!

Nikki Martinez 89.5 KVNE Middays It’s time once again to give you some sneak peeks, more info, and the lyric video you were looking for for new songs added this week to our ever-growing KVNE playlist. As always, these songs were voted on by our Music Crew, which if you’re NOT part of right now, […]

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Go to Church. Go Directly to Church

Go to Church. Go Directly to Church

Mike Harper 89.5 KVNE Mornings Any church! Keep going. Somewhere. Okay, make sure it’s a Bible-teaching church. We can scrutinize that until Jesus comes back. From what I understand, that’s pretty soon, so you better get going. There are so many to choose from and you’ve got a finite amount of Sundays. You may even […]

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