The Morning Cruise Replay

We had some troubling issues to work through on the show today with reports of Mohair getting into trouble at jury duty, a long-awaited car repair for Bill, a chocolate company facing a class-action lawsuit, and finding leakproof drinkware. 

00:32 Christmas Music 

05:55 Casseroles and Karaoke Recap 

10:34 Abbey on Mohair's Jury Duty 

13:43 Bill's boneheaded moment 

15:14 Bill's car repair - Part 1 

21:47 Bill's car repair - Part 2 

25:09 Lindt chocolate lawyers

29:59 Plane with escaped hamsters 

34:23 New leakproof Stanleys 

39:18 light chargers 

42:21 Advent - light 

45:30 Thanksgiving Blessings 

51:18 Bill's BIG Word

Have you seen Bonhoeffer in movie theatres yet? We shared a conversation between Carley Boyette and the writer/ director of the film, which placed 4th in its opening weekend at the box office. 

If you fly Southwest, you might see some differences in the way you board soon. 

Carmen had a busy weekend putting up her Christmas tree, hearing about her mom's jury duty and enjoying some taco soup. You can see the recipe at themorningcruise.com. 

Dave's neighbors were surprised to see an ambulance outside his house on Saturday and he had to address it before Candice said anything. 

Dave, Bill and Carmen all had the chance to see Chris Tomlin in Saturday at his concert in Tampa. 

If you are traveling for Thanksgiving, be prepared to see long lines of traffic. 

And if you are going to the grocery store to pick up ingredients for the Thanksgiving meal, you'll see slightly lower prices. 

Carmen has seen a red light therapy mask on her social media feed and is thinking about getting it, but it has Dave seeing red! 

Getting together with family over the holidays can often be times for family members that don't always see eye to eye sitting down together, which can lead to disagreements. So how do you handle those situations? 

Seeing a coffee advertised for over $300 may make you turn away but seeing the opportunity to own shares of a Scottish dairy farm may change your mind. 

Have you seen the answer to today's Wordle puzzle? If not, Carmen wants you to see it! 

00:32 Carley Boyette with Bonhoeffer writer/director Todd Komarnicki

05:55 Southwest changing seating 

10:01 Tree, Jury Duty, and Taco Soup 

14:22 Bonhoeffer box office 

16:01 Dave's Passed Out Saturday 

21:31 Chris Tomlin - Holy Forever 

26:45 Thanksgiving travel 

31:51 Thanksgiving meal prices 

35:28 Red Light Therapy Mask 

40:09 Text responses 

42:31 Kindness in Disagreements - Part 1 

47:14 Kindness in Disagreements - Part 2 

51:26 buy a coffee, get a share of Scottish dairy farm 

55:40 Today's Wordle puzzle 

1:00:42 Bill's BIG Word

We had a lot of movie talk on the show today after we shared our conversation with Mac Powell from Monday (listen to the full interview HERE). Some of the movies we discussed are coming soon to a theatre near you. Other movies have been out for a long time, like Grease. But, in the case of that film, the jacket that Olivia Newton-John wore on-screen, is coming to an auction house soon and is expected to bring in some big dollars! 

Titanic was another movie that captured the hearts of many and Dave told us that a piece of memoribilia from that time in history was just auctioned off this weekend. 

Tony Campolo, a Baptist pastor, author and speaker passed away recently. Carmen told us the story of when she heard him speak and a man asked for prayer in need of financial assistance. He said he would not pray for that, but rather for obedience from others in attendance, and soon enough he had gathered the money needed to pay rent. 

Christmas music will be coming soon to the airwaves of The JOY FM. One song you will hear during that time comes from Darren Mulligan of We Are Messengers. 

While Thanksgiving is less than a week away now, Carmen needed to clarify for some that it is on the 4th Thursday of November every year. 

It's a big movie weekend. One anticipated movie is Wicked, adapted from the book and musical. But AMC theatres has already asked patrons to refrain from singing in order to make it an enjoyable moviegoing experience for all. 

Also coming to theatres this weekend, is "Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin." Carley Boyette had the chance to sit down with the writer and director of the film which also features a new song from Lauren Daigle. 

And Christmas can't come soon enough for many. That list might include Carmen, who is considering putting up her Christmas tree. 

00:32 Grease Jacket Auction 

03:59 Titanic auction 

08:13 Tony Campolo story 

14:21 Christmas music 

18:56 Thanksgiving is 4th Thursday 

24:19 AMC Theatres - don't sing during Wicked 

27:51 text about Wicked 

28:32 Carley Boyette with Todd Komarnicki on Bonhoeffer 

31:38 reactions to Lauren Daigle's song 

32:04 Carmen may put up her Christmas tree 

35:00 Bill's BIG Word

It took re-scheduling 4 different times but we finally concluded Sharathon 2024 yesterday! We are so happy to have it behind us and so grateful for your support. It was a long time coming and there was a lot of fun bloopers to be had over that time. 

Over the course of 4 days last week, we spent long days collecting turkeys and one member of our staff got to participate in the distribution of those turkeys in Sarasota yesterday. 

This season has felt much like Brandon Lake's new song, Hard Fought Hallelujah

Mohair has longed to be on jury duty and she was happy to have been selected to fulfill her civic duty. We'll let her get her thoughts together but can't wait to hear from her on her experience. 

Looking to make your marriage as happy as the day is long? Consider 8 things to pray for your marriage. And take heart with what Paul David Tripp has to say on the subject. 

Somebody will be happy as the day is long to cash in on all the possibilities that are being offered for Paul Skenes rookie card. We just hope that card doesn't get the same treatment that Dave's son had with a collectible Christmas gift. 

Would you be happy as the day is long living in Alaska? Especially since the sun won't rise there for 64 days! 

00:32 Sharathon is over! 

03:11 Carmen's bloopers 

05:46 Turkey distribution in SRQ 

09:33 Hard Fought Hallelujah 

13:42 Mohair's Jury Duty 

19:22 getting picked for jury duty 

22:45 8 Things To Pray For Your Marriage 

28:07 Paul David Tripp on Marriage 

32:40 Thank You! 

35:38 Sharathon Bloopers 

38:48 Skenes Rookie Card Treasure Hunt 

45:59 keeping track of collectibles 

49:18 64-day sunset in Alaska 

54:12 Thank You! 

56:28 BIll's BIG Word 

BIll shares from Romans 15:24 and Proverbs 16:9 as he leads us in our Morning Devotion for Thursday, November 21st. 

When Carmen shared a message from CeCe Winans about representing God, she talked about "stumping" your toe. Bill was caught off guard with that word choice and decided to use it as his BIG Word of the Day. And Dave decided to try and stump Bill and Carmen with a game of Poet or Poser this morning. 

We are also getting ready to finally finish Sharathon tomorrow. Which we weren't sure was going to happen this week when Sara was a storm system threatening our area. But now that that has dissipated, we'll still see some rain showers, but it will be followed by cooler weather. 

With Thanksgiving coming up next week, Carmen ordered a turkey for her family. She's gonna do it a little differently this year but she is stumped about how to make her mashed potatoes and sweet potatoes. And it turns out that voice to text can stump others. 

Dave took a moment to share a Happy Birthday message to his oldest granddaughter. 

A couple of movies have debuted recently that have caught our attention. Bonhoeffer and The Bes Christmas Pageant Ever. 

00:32 Sharathon tomorrow 

03:41 Mac Powell and The Giver 

07:14 Colder weather coming

10:19 CeCe Winans - representing God at all times 

14:30 Poet or Poser? 

20:55 People like AI poems 

24:23 Sharathon Wrap Up tomorrow 

28:18 Convoy Of Hope 

30:36 Thanksgiving is here! 

37:12 Crockpot Mashed Potatoes 

38:51 text - NOT peanut butter 

39:29 Essie's birthday 

42:22 Bonhoeffer and The Best Christmas Pageant Ever 

44:20 Sharathon tomorrow 

47:26 Bill's BIG Word

Mac Powell was in town on the United We Worship Tour and stopped by to catch up with Dave, Bill and Carmen this morning. Before he joined us, we shared the tolal number of turkeys collected last week during T-Shirts For Turkeys. 

Bill's already getting in the Christmas spirit at his house but his lights are a bit backwards. 

After weeks of delays, we are finally getting to the point where we will wrap up Sharathon on Wednesday! 

And Carmen took a trip this weekend to Charlotte, NC for a wedding and had a lot of space on the flight up. 

Mac Powell got here a little early so we invited him into Carmen's office, but she had to explain why her office decor was wrapped in bubble wrap. 

Mac's got a new album, I Love Jesus, and we shared a lot of the songs from the project while we caught up with him. 

00:32 Mac Powell on the show later today and Christmas Decorations 

03:29 Toy Hall of Fame Inductees 

08:03 T-Shirts For Turkeys Totals 

11:08 Bill's Backwards Tree Lights 

14:48 Sharathon plan (4th attempt) 

17:59 Empty Flight To Charlotte 

21:59 Carmen's Bubble-wrapped decor 

24:24 I Love Jesus and Like It's Nothing 

30:33 The Giver 

35:00 Who The Cross Is For 

38:42 more to come 

39:26  The 99 

47:20 Bama Football and Born In Bethlehem

52:39 more with Mac 

53:19 text from listener and Good News 

56:46 For My Good 

1:00:51 Live Like Jesus 

1:04:23 Go To My Grave 

1:07:26 Wrapping up our time with Mac 

A lot of planning went into T-Shirts For Turkeys this year and we're still counting so we'll have the totals for you on Monday. 

Have you made plans for going to church this weekend? Make it a priority as the connections you make there are so valuable. 

Now that T-Shirts For Turkeys is over, we had planned on sharing the details for our makeup day for Sharathon, but Sara might have other plans, so we'll fill you in on our plan on Monday. 

If you are making plans during the holidays, make sure Santa doesn't get in the way like it did for Bill this past weekend and for Dave when he was a kid. 

Carmen's plan to watch football this weekend has hit a few obstacles as she is traveling to North Carolina for a wedding. 

Planning for a 2-minute drill apparently takes 3 8-minute long voice messages to discuss for Peyton and Arch Manning. 

Red Lobster has planned a relaunch of their menu with some surprising items. 

Several years ago, while making plans for Thanksgiving, a woman sent a text to a wrong number. Jamal was on the other end of that text and wrote back to Wanda to let her know it was a wrong number but wanted to know if he could still be a part of her holiday plans. She agreed and they have gotten together every November since. Wanda recently announced that she is battling breast cancer and Jamal has been by her side during the fight. 

With Thanksgiving happening on the latest possible date this year, it means a shortened time for Christmas. And there's a lot of plans to be made to fit in all of the activities. 

Bill's family isn't much of a football family. So when his kids planned a wedding years ago, Dave and Carmen had to figure out how to plan their football watching around the happy occasion. But now his daughter is planning a baby shower on the same day as the SEC Championship. 

If you ever make it to Rochester, New York, you may want to plan a visit to the Museum of Play and see the latest inductees into the National Toy Hall of Fame. 

And you may want to make plans to see the new Bonhoeffer movie as well! 

00:32 T-Shirts For Turkeys Thank You! 

04:09 Church and Connection 

09:17 Monday and Sharathon? 

12:23 Santa and the live wire 

16:33 Carmen's lament 

20:51 Arch Manning gets football advice from Peyton 

24:38 Red Lobster Relaunch 

28:46 Wanda and Jamal 

32:44 Date of Thanksgiving 

35:38 Bill's invites and SEC Football 

39:08 Toy Hall of Fame 

43:45 A walk down memory lane of favorite toys 

47:44 Bonhoeffer movie 

52:36 Bill's BIG Word

Christmas is coming and we're getting excited. Especially since Dave gave us a small taste of what it is to come when we become Your Christmas Music Station with a new song by CeCe Winans. 

This week feels like it has come and gone with how busy we've been with T-Shirts For Turkeys. Today is the last day for you to go drop off a turkey and pick up a JOY FM T-shirt. 

Rudolph is coming back to NBC for the Christmas season. 

Before coming in to the show today, Bill dropped off his son and daughter-in-law who were going to NYC for an anniversary trip. Bill looked up some of the top things to do in NYC in 2024 as he thought about their trip and wondered who had been to the top spots. 

Carmen had gone to a Leg Day workout with Amanda Tress and the FASTer Way To Fat Loss team on Saturday. That workout made things like going to the bathroom a little difficult. 

As we checked in with some of the Turkey Stops, we heard that the FHP was coming for a visit to Lake Wales all in the name of a good cause. 

Dave's wife, Emilie, made a taco soup that Dave was raving about but was worried that it was going too fast. 

00:32 CeCe's new Christmas song 

03:01 Last Day of T-Shirts For Turkeys 

05:21 Rudolph back to NBC. 

08:56 Turkey Stops today 

11:44 Top Things To Do in NYC 

17:37 Turkey Stops starting soon 

20:07 Jules in Bremen 

24:14 Livia in Palm Harbor 

26:35 Carmen can squat now 

31:06 Carter in Orlando 

34:41 Jules - a story about a grandmother 

38:02 FHP visits Lake Wales/ Liv calls in 

41:31 Emilie's Taco Soup

47:27 Afternoon stops 

50:54 Bill's BIG Word

If you picked up butter recently at Costco, take another look at the packaging. It might be part of a recall for a key ingredient not being labeled on the package. 

It's Day 3 of T-Shirts For Turkeys and our arms are open receiving your frozen and paper turkeys and ready to exchange it for a JOY FM t-shirt. 

Over the weekend, Bill watched his granddaughter take her time while opening presents and looking at each one in celebration of her 3rd birthday. 

Have you seen our red t-shirts out and about yet? 

One woman will be looking a little more closely, the next time she takes her daily regimen of pills. 

Bill shared some tips for walking which included looking ahead at your surroundings. But keep your ears open for how that conversation went awry. 

It's been a weird season and Carmen is reminding us all to keep our eyes on Jesus and the Word. 

Have you seen the new offering from Reese's with their DIY PB Cups? 

When Dave saw that we had a little extra time, he thought it would be fun to play a new Christmas song from CeCe Winans which immediately had Carmen raising her hands in praise! 

00:32 Butter Recall 

04:08 T-Shirts For Turkeys Day 3 

05:59 Watching Addie open presents 

08:55 Today's stops 

11:27 Red shirts and turkey locations 

14:00 Woman swallows wedding ring 

17:37 Dan in Venice 

18:58 Amy in Newnan/ listener who won football 

21:41 Walking 

28:04 Check in with Dan 

30:10 making time for God in disjointed season 

36:59 wrapping up morning turkey stops 

39:21 Reese's DIY Cups 

43:06 Afternoon Stops 

45:14 New Christmas song from CeCe Winans 

46:16 reaction to song and Bill's BIG Word