As we get closer to Valentine's Day, Bill wanted to test the knowledge of Dave and Carmen on love-filled quotes and their sources. Surprisingly, Carmen did really well, while Dave was not loving it! 

We loved to see the photos from Unite Us at UCF as so many college students came forward to accept Christ. A little further south at Southeastern University, a revival was taking place as well! 

We love to watch the Olympics but don't love that the medals are breaking. There's another kind of "medal" that we would love to try. 

There's a trend going around having AI create caricatures based on the job and what what the AI platform knows about you. We're still on the fence and not really sure we love our own results. 

Agape is another word for love. But our hearts are broken for those involved with Agape Flights as they recently lost a plane and their coworkers that were in it. 

Mohair loves The Chosen and we love that she is so excited to be joining us for ChosenCon. 

There are new candy heart flavors for Valentine's Day. Would you try them? 

We've loved having our "extended family" from other stations in our company here this week. Dave Taylor who runs our Southern Gospel station in Missouri came in this morning and shared with us. 

00:32 Shakespeare, Hallmark or The Bachelor? 

04:24 Shakespeare, Hallmark or The Bachelor? 

08:09 Unite Us @ UCF 

11:22 Revival at SEU 

13:35 Olympic medals breaking 

16:47 Hershey medals 

20:55 AI caricature trend 

24:48 Our caricatures 

27:40 Pray for Agape Flights 

29:59 Mohair's prep for ChosenCon 

34:26 Valentine's new candy hearts 

38:32 Dave Taylor 

44:16 Bill's BIG Word

Carmen got us started gazing up this morning with our Midweek Praise Break and 3 songs guaranteed to have you looking up towards the heavens. This week's songs were Worthy Of It All, Graves Into Gardens and I Know A Name. 

Bill kept us thinking up with some words about Billy Graham at Cambridge. 

Dave, our resident space expert, got us talking about life on Mars and the moon. But it went in a direction no one saw coming. Did you also know that smartphones will be allowed in space on the next journey? 

There's a way to make McNuggets upscale. Just add caviar. If you can get your hands on it! 

And finally, we brought Mohair to catch us up on The Chosen as we know she's a big fan. We needed her help to catch up as we'll be headed to ChosenCon. but we'll need Mohair's help in doing some of the heavy lifting when it comes to the interviews. 

00:32 Midweek Praise Break - Worthy Of It All, Graves Into Gardens, and I Know A Name 

02:20 Midweek Praise Break recap 

03:13 Billy Graham at Cambridge 

08:27 Witnessing 

13:55 Mars, The Moon and Growing Potatoes 

17:24 But what kind of potatoes? 

19:55 Smartphones in Space 

24:05 McNugget Caviar 

27:52 Mohair in Next 

28:41 Mohair's Fandom of The Chosen 

31:25 Mohair's Favorites 

35:48 Mohair's notes 

40:07 TMC going to ChosenCon 

42:19 Mohair coming with us! 

Bill has been buzzing about washing things before wearing them for awhile. Now he has science to back him up. Dave's buzzing about his new socks and journal. 

We are buzzing about through a busy season right now, but in  the midst of that, it's good to slow down and experience God's love. 

With the Olympics going on, there's a ton of buzz about sports you don't see that often, like curling. But have you heard the buzz about frying pan curling in Chattanooga? 

With the Seahawks winning the Super Bowl, there's a lot of buzz about the players and coaches and we heard some sweet things about Coach Mike MacDonald. 

There was a lot of buzz with our listeners for Miracle On Your Street and we're excited to share Barbara's story today. 

Our engineers ears must have been buzzing when he offered up a Cherry Float Coke to Dave to try. Bill is buzzing with a little pick me up from Olipop soda. 

There's been a lot of buzz about Mahjong, but Jules is not a fan. But she is a fan of an alarm clock that does more than buzz to help her daughter wake up. 

00:32 Wash clothes before wearing 

03:02 Dave's socks and journal 

06:27 Busy season 

11:21 God's Love 

14:56 Frying Pan Curling 

20:36 Olympic Curling Team USA 

22:12 Coach Mike MacDonald 

26:10 Miracle Story #4 Next 

26:59 Miracle Story #4 Barbara (part 1) 

32:01 Miracle Story #4 Barbara (part 2) 

35:12 Cherry Float Coke Review 

38:51 Bill and Olipop 

42:11 Jules and Mahjong 

46:29 Jules and the Aggressive Alarm Clock 

We had some sweet moments to talk about and some sour as well on the show today. 

On the sweet side, the Seahawks are Super Bowl Champions!, some moments from the Winter Olympics, a new song from CeCe Winans, rare birthday stats, a viral sweet tea trend, Cherry Float Coke and Dave's Birthday Report. 

On the sour side, we've got some sourdough science, our football obsession is about to experience a drought, Nancy Guthrie is still missing, Carmen's Swig experience, what will Sony do now that they own Peanuts?, and finally you might go sour after hearing some science on washing your clothes before you wear them. 

00:32 Sweet victory and Sourdough Science 

03:27 Our late night 

05:58 Seattle wins Super Bowl 

08:23 Our Football Obsession 

12:08 Olympics 

17:34 Nancy Guthrie still missing 

21:26 New CeCe - Worthy Of It All 

23:18 Rare Birthday Stats 

26:23 Viral Sweet Tea Trend 

29:15 Carmen's Swig Experience 

32:23 Cherry Float Coke 

35:40 Peanuts and Sony 

38:40 Dave's Birthday Report 

43:02 Wash clothes before you wear 

It's been a busy week on The Morning Cruise. Yesterday, we spent time with the guys of We The Kingdom sharing new music from their EP, Dear Jesus. We reshared some of that conversation today (find it HERE). We also shared Miracle On Your Street Story #3 with Ben and Jennifer. And we had a fun video to share of our Three Monkeys Baking Challenge. 

As we look to the weekend, Dave is celebrating a birthday tomorrow and our Super Bowl plans are to be here at the station for our Manager's meeting. 

00:32 Our time with We The Kingdom 

02:16 Dave's Birthday Plans 

06:34 Big Game Plans 

09:32 Miracle #3 - Jayar and Jules surprise Ben and Jennifer 

13:47 Miracle #3  - more to Ben and Jennifer's story 

19:02 Miracle #3 Ben surprises Jayar and Jules 

21:42 Wrapping up quite the week 

We The Kingdom stopped by to share songs from their new EP, Dear Jesus. 

Before they got here, Carmen told Dave that Butter Yellow just may be his color. We talked Super Bowl snacks, our Three Monkeys Baking Challenge video, and the latest on the disappearance of Savannah Guthrie's mom. 

00:32 We The Kingdom coming in today 

03:33 Dave in Butter Yellow 

06:20 Super Bowl snacks 

09:19 texts 

12:09 Three Monkeys Baking Challenge video 

15:00 Minute Maid Juice Concentrate no more 

18:31 Latest on Savannah Guthrie's mom 

22:38 2 Corinthians 4 

24:47 We The Kingdom - Don't Let The Darkness 

29:08 We The Kingdom - Let It Be Jesus 

35:14 We The Kingdom - Album artwork and Rescue Me 

40:43 We The Kingdom - Dear Jesus 

47:27 band chemistry and writing together 

51:43 We The Kingdom - I Belong To You 

55:48 We The Kingdom - Holiness 

1:02:24 We The Kingdom - Glory Glory 

It's our job to spread the word on all that is happening in the world and things we find interesting that we think you will too! 

If you're like us and like a good word game, you'll want to know about a change to Wordle! Carmen's got a new crossword game as well. 

Dave gave us the latest word on the Artemis mission and it's monthlong delay for launch. 

Earlier this week, Dave told us about some of the auditions from American Idol and Carmen wanted to highlight one of those auditions after seeing the clip on Instagram. 

Bill told us that younger generations are cautious over AI. Could one of the reasons be that it has a difficult time spelling one word in particular. 

Did you know that some hotel chains are doing away with bathroom doors in order to cut costs? 

Shrinkflation is a word that has spread quickly and now we're seeing it impact Girl Scout cookies. 

This week's Midweek Praise Break included Blessed Assurance by CAIN, Rattle! by Elevation Worship and New Wine by Hillsong. 

Now that we've been a part of the Augusta, Georgia area for a little while, Carmen wanted to hear some words from the new listeners there. 

And back to the word games, Dave told us about a new offering from the New York Times that sounds a lot like playing Words with Friends! 

00:32 Wordle repeating words 

04:16 Mini crossword countdown game 

07:22 Artemis mission update 

12:30 American Idol audition video 

16:19 Younger generation cautious over AI 

21:44 AI can't spell "strawberry" 

25:53 Hotel Bathrooms Going Doorless 

30:25 Shrinkflation and Girl Scout Cookies 

35:21 Midweek Praise Break - Blessed Assurance (Cain)/Rattle! (Elevation Worship)/ New Wine (Hillsong) 

34:27 Hey CSRA! Text us! 

36:02 texts 

41:29 New York Times Crossplay Game 

45:22 Bill's BIG Word 

Today, we shared the 3rd installment of Miracle On Your Street where Jayar and Jules met with Ben and Jennifer to share their story. We soon learned that more hardships had come their way since their entry into the promotion. And towards the end of their visit, Jayar and Jules had to wonder what was happening when Ben had a surprise of his own to share. 

The stories we have shared so far from Miracle On Your Street have been amazing. While we still have 2 more stories to share, we are hoping we can make it happen again this year. 

Savannah Guthrie, as a member of the media, often tells viewers what's happeing in the world. But, in her world, a nightmare scenario is playing out as her mom has gone missing under suspicious circumstances. 

We've got a lot happening around here as we prepare for We The Kingdom later this week. 

If you need a litle help understanding what's happening in your life, it'll do you some good to read your Bible. And starting is half the battle. 

Dave's got all the details on what's happening on American Idol. 

A new trend is happening with the colder weather called House Burping. Bill explains what exactly it is. 

Also trending is sweatshirts and athleisure in the workplace. But what style, exactly, is appropriate?

00:32 Miracle On Your Street - Surprising Ben and Jennifer 

04:46 Miracle On Your Street - More To The Story 

09:45 Miracle On Your Street - Surprising Jayar and Jules 

13:21 More miracles next year? 

15:10 Savannah Guthrie's mom missing 

19:05 We The Kingdom coming later this week 

19:26 Bible Reading 

23:48 Just start! 

28:11 American Idol Recap 

35:38 House Burping 

40:22 Athleisure/ Sweatshirts in the workplace

44:56 Researching sweatshirt options 

47:17 Bill's BIG Word

We learned a lot about cold weather with all the snow in our listening area over the weekend.

Carmen learned recently that Jesus came from the lineage of Leah. 

Dave highlighted some of the lessons learned in the movie, Groundhog Day. And we not only learned the predictions of a few groundhogs but looked at their prediction accuracy in comparison to the prediction accuracy of a meteorologist. 

Carmen, Dave and Bill all felt a bit a of "football drought" this weekend, but we learned that a group of blind football fans will get to experience this year's big game in a whole new way. 

Carmen has learned to be disciplined in the month of January and close her rings each month. Now she needs to take those lessons and apply it to February. 

The world lost Demond Wilson of Sanford and Sons fame over the weekend. We learned that his post acting career was spent in ministry. 

Cory Asbury has learned a lot after becoming friends with Forrest Frank. 

And Bill schooled us all on Candlemas. 

00:32 Weekend Snow Report 

03:55 texts and pics from listeners 

07:12 Jesus in Leah's line 

13:12 The Gospel in Leah's story 

15:18 Groundhog Day movie lessons 

20:08 Groundhogs vs. meteorologists 

23:18 Football drought and Super Bowl for Blind 

26:15 Carmen closes her January rings 

29:18 Demond Wilson - From Junkyard to Jesus 

35:31 Cory Asbury 

42:07 Candlemas 

46:22 Bill's BIG Word

It warmed our hearts to have Hope Darst as our guest yesterday on the show and glad she could make it despite the ice storm in Tennessee. We reshared much of that conversation on the show this morning, and you can hear the entire chat on themorningcruise.com

Bill shared a proud moment with his son. 

Dave and Carmen are a little concerned with what to do now that they'll be without football. Bill suggested they take up interest in some outdoor hockey action with this weekend's Stadium Series game between the Tampa Bay Lightning and Boston Bruins at Raymond James Stadium. 

The cold weather coming in this weekend is the perfect time for hot chocolate and taco soup (in separate containers!). 

Carmen was a bit concerned earlier this week with what she would be getting to replace her Oura ring. But it warmed her heart to see them come through with good customer service. 

Bill played a little game with Dave and Carmen that he had wanted to play with Hope Darst. While it was lighthearted at first, he had a question that hit at the heart of our relationships with God. 

00:32 Hope Darst chat on themorningcruise.com 

02:41 Proud of Grady 

04:34 Football Drought 

07:25 Lightning Stadium Series Game 

09:31 Hot Chocolate and Taco Soup 

11:24 Carmen's Replacement Ring 

14:06 Hope and Dreams 1 

16:56 Hope and Dreams 2 

21:12 Bill's BIG Word