Hearing your open mic calls on why you listen and choose to give to the ministry here, is a source of rejuvenation around here. Restoration on your budget may require you to cut some things. Carmen has a list of 10 ways to cut the budget. 

Phil Wickham's new album is certainly rejuvenating and Carmen wanted to include a couple in today's Midweek Praise Break. It is songs like these that point towards God's restorative grace. 

There is no better restoration than getting sleep. Carmen was wiped and got some much needed sleep and she is seeing the results today, especially when it comes to the amount of REM sleep she is getting. 

Some people are restoring their landlines as a way for their kids to feel connected to friends and family but avoiding some of the dangers when it comes to screen time. There's even a new product on the market that will give you the landline feel with your home WiFi. 

Breakfast can be a source of rejuvenation. But what does your preference for the way your eggs are cooked have to do with your personality? 

As we gear up for Sharathon next week, your generosity not only helps to restore our resources here at the station but is a source of rejuvenation. And as hard as it can be to give, Carmen encourages the younger listeners to start giving early. 

00:32 Open Mic Calls 

03:03 Unsubscribe To Save 

07:38 Phil Wickham's New Album and The Stand 

11:36 God's Restorative Grace 

13:50 Get Some Sleep 

17:41 REM Sleep 

22:20 Midweek Praise Break - Christ Be Magnified/ Lord, I Need You/ Wondrous Cross and The Stand 

24:15 Wrap up of Midweek Praise Break 

25:32 Landlines coming back 

30:51 Tin Can Landline Phone 

34:23 Eggs and Personality Types 

37:36 Sharathon 

41:33 Generosity 

46:59 Start Giving Young 

50:36 Bill's BIG Word 

Bill thought a trip to the car wash with his grandkids was in order, but he quickly learned that they were not all that comfortable with the way the car wash works. 

On yesterday's show, we played a new song from Phil Wickham. Carmen liked it so much she wanted to start the day with it. 

Dave's voice isn't working the way it usually does so we sent him home. And hearing the car wash story from Bill, we heard from a listener who lost their car antenna in a car wash and the only working radio station was ours! 

If you would like to make a gift to help us with our running start for Sharathon, you'll need to call our Donor Relations department during normal working hours. 

The Buccaneers had to put in some work last night against the Texans to get the W. And that win led to little sleep for Carmen before showing up early for work this morning. 

We're learning more about the way large language models work and how they are helping us work different words into our everyday conversations. 

We wanted to hear from you about why you listen and Carmen remembered that we had a phone line dedicated to your stories. But we hadn't mentioned it in awhile so we weren't sure if it was in working order. Once we learned that it was, we heard some great testimonials. 

In what order is God in your life? Bill pointed to the words of Paul David Tripp and Genesis 1:1 to help us with that organization. 

Carmen was wondering if packing cubes worked for others and if she should invest in some so she asked, and you answered. 

Many are thinking about the work of Robert Redford upon the news that he passed away yesterday. 

00:32 Traumatic Car Wash 

03:19 Running To The Runaway - Phil Wickham 

04:25 Dave home - car antenna story 

06:45 How To Give 

10:43 Bucs Win Last Night 

15:14 Football Snacks? 

18:29 Algorithms and James 1:19 

23:32 Sharathon - Listener line?! 

28:14 Open Mic - with a catch 

29:45 FIND JOY Calls 

32:15 God First 

33:11 Packing Cubes 

39:02 texts 

41:02 Robert Redford 

43:30 Sharathon 

47:05 Bill's BIG Word 

It's the start of a new week and Carmen's ready for Sharathon to start. But she needs to wait another week! One family in the Tampa Bay area is enjoying their new addition with the arrival of their baby boy and he's making headlines for his size! 

In light of all the things happening in the world, many churches around the world saw an uptick in attendance over the weekend. We are encouraged by this phenomenon and spent some time throughout the show discussing it, including bringing Haley in to share her thoughts. We also recognize that there may be some new listeners to the station as a result, so we shared a little bit about our Sharathon, our Prayer Line and a new song from Phil Wickham. 

00:32 Take A Nap! It's Sharathon! 

03:47 Big Baby in Riverview 

06:41 Increase in church attendance this weekend 

09:35 texts 

12:28 Church and the Gospel 

16:46 Sharathon 

20:45 Addie's Doll, MangaJoni 

23:07 Haley - people coming to church in droves 

27:59 Haley - social media filling with faith convos 

31:51 Prayer Line 

33:20 Sharathon 

38:06 Phil Wickham - Running To The Runaway 

39:26 Reaction to the song 

40:27 Pray For Us 

45:05 Danny Gokey - Romans 12:14, 17, 19, 21 

46:23 Bill's BIG Word

Hearing a song from Steven Curtis Chapman, Dave was reminded that he will be touring his Speechless album soon, and he shared a story about writing a song for that album that led to us remembering a story he told that is one of the best stories we've heard on the show. We went and found that story and shared the hilarious tale with you. 

Bill shared some thoughts on finding joy, both as a feeling and an action. 

As we gear up for Sharathon, Bill put out a challenge to listeners that have found us recently to become a part of the giving family. 

We shared the breaking news that the suspect in the assassination of Charlie Kirk had been found and apprehended. 

And Dave told us how his cousin found some information about a family member from his past to showed how deep the faith ran within his family. 

00:32 Sharathon 

05:12 Steven Curtis Chapman touring Speechless 

08:15 texts 

08:47 Moon Over The Nile Story 

16:20 text responses 

17:40 How To Find JOY as a feeling

21:48 How To Find JOY as an action 

24:37 Sharathon 

29:22 Challenge to new listeners 

32:07 Charlie Kirk Shooter Apprehended 

35:39 Sin and Mercy 

38:03 The Blessing of Dave's Family 

41:46 Unplug this weekend 

43:50 Bill's BIG Word 

Today was a tough day as we lament the loss of a voice that spread the Gospel throughout the nation and we remember the lives of those lost on this day 24 years ago in the attacks of 9/11. 

We said that we will not forget and we honor that by playing our timeline of the events that happened on that fateful day. 

00:32 Remembering Charlie Kirk 

03:59 lament today, rather than attack 

06:44 9/11 - We Will Not Forget 

10:31 9/11 Timeline 

22:08 texts 

22:50 Lament 

27:40 Living the tragedy with you 

32:32 9/11 Facts 

35:36 Dave challenged by seatmate on flight 

42:56 Come Jesus Come 

46:19 We need Jesus

Bill surprised us yesterday with his challenge to help with the running start for Sharathon. So Carmen thought it sounded so good that we may need to do something like it today. 

The Sound of Music is celebrating an anniversary 

Dave read the description for a product he was interested in buying online and thought the name of it sounded off. 

Our Midweek Praise Break always sounds good. And today, we heard "Rest On Us", "Rattle", and "Goodness of God". 

Bill sounded off on God being in control and how the Book of Daniel related. And Carmen followed that up with a recommendation for Beth Moore's Daniel Bible Study. 

Back to Sharathon, Carmen gave Dave the challenge to find his people to help with the running start to see if he could do better than Bill did yesterday. 

Apple had their new product launch yesterday and several around the radio station were very invested. As we discussed the new features, Carmen thought that the instant translation feature sounded the best. She also asked Jake to come in and share his thoughts on the launch and what sounded good to him. 

Many people sounded off with their opinions on the Cracker Barrel rebranding. So much so that they not only scrapped plans for a new logo, but restaurant remodels as well. 

00:32 Sharathon 

02:57 Sound of Music Anniversary 

05:53 Open Leg Pants? 

09:32 texts 

12:19 Midweek Praise Break - Rest On Us/ Rattle/ Goodness of God

13:53 Wrap on Midweek Praise Break 

14:29 God's in control/ Book of Daniel 

18:16 Carmen on Beth Moore's Daniel Bible Study 

21:32 Sharathon - Does Dave have people? 

26:13 18 people so far 

29:18 Apple's new product launch 

36:01 Jake on Apple launch 

39:58 Cracker Barrel remodel scrapped 

44:38 51 to go for Dave 

46:28 Bill's BIG Word

Dave is back from a weekend trip to Texas and enjoying a quieter pace. Crowder is back to touring and he's found a new way to get around on stage. It reminded us of the time he got surfing lessons in Hawaii. You'll never believe who he found to be his instructor. 

As we get ready for Sharathon, it's amazing to us just how far our radio signal goes. Especially when people find our app! 

Red Lobster famously failed with their all-you-can-eat Shrimp and they have found a new way to bring Shrimp fans back to the restaurant. 

Grocery delivery is a new way that many have found to provide convenience. But for Dave's family, they had a bit of a fail with their apple pie. 

Carmen, on the other hand, is very happy with her experience using Kroger delivery. 

To help us with the running start, Bill gave you a challenge to see if we could find 101 donations in the last hour. 

Bill also found himself in Hobby Lobby for the first time and was amazed at what he found. 

00:32 Dave's weekend in Texas 

04:39 Crowder on his scooter 

06:57 Crowder's Surfing Lessons Story 

13:48 Sharathon - listeners worldwide 

17:58 Red Lobster's SpendLess Shrimp 

20:59 Shrimp stories 

24:11 Nathan's BBQ Party 

30:13 Carmen using Kroger Delivery 

34:07 Sharathon - let's get 101! 

40:42 update - 45!/ God provides through his people 

44:22 update - 20 more/ Bill goes to Hobby Lobby 

49:03 more on Hobby Lobby/ 9 more

50:21 Bill's BIG Word - "awestruck" that we met today's goal! 

We were a bit out of our normal routine with Dave out today, but that didn't stop Bill from asking about routine habits when it comes to what side of the bed you sleep on and psychological health. 

Now that football is back in season, Carmen doesn't want it to become routine that we talk about the weekend games at the same time every Monday. And Bill had to reach to try and show interest in LSU Football with Dave's abscence. 

We're getting out of our normal routine with Sharathon this year and we are 2 weeks away. 

Tipping is a routine practice in the U.S. but many Americans have reached the point of frustration when it comes to tipping in certain places. 

Jules is on the hunt for her coworker's new office extensions but no one is giving them up because they want to use it to be reached for business related conversations. 

Jules found a hack that is a bit out of routine but seems to have helped with the back-to-school pictures. 

With the earlier conversation about tipping and tithing, Bill shared 6 Characteristics of a generous heart. 

The USF Bulls and Tampa Bay Buccaneers reached the win column over the weekend and Emeka Egbuka stood out for his play on the field as well as his faith. 

We're reaching a new audience with the addition of a signal in Panama City Beach and we heard from a longtime listener who is benefitting already. 

If you do some things at certain times of the day out of routine, you may want to switch it up after you hear what Bill has to say about the best times of day to do certain things. 

00:32 Routines - same side of bed 

03:17 Routines - psychological health 

05:54 Football 

11:31 Sharathon 

15:00 Americans frustrated with tipping 

20:20 texts 

22:54 Jules - desk extensions 

26:36 Jules - back to school pic hack 

29:46 6 Characteristics of a generous heart 

34:11 Generosity 

38:16 Bulls and Bucs/ Emeka Egbuka 

43:41 Sharathon 

46:10 Sharathon spot texts and new signal in Panama City Beach

48:03 Best times to...

52:06 Bill's BIG Word

Listening to today's show, you might ask yourself, "What were they thinking?", and, well, hopefully, we've got answers. 

We've got insight into Bill's resources for fashion, NFL Spitgate, a dream that Carmen had that involved her daughter, the creation of a song for Sharathon this year. Carley Boyette's chat got us a glimpse behind the curtain into Light Of The World, a new animated movie in theatres now. 

Carmen's got some surprising statistics about church attendance. 

And Bill had some thoughts to share on an opinion regarding the Taylor Swift- Travis Kelce engagement and marriage. 

00:32 Vibram FiveFingers making a comeback? 

05:00 Jules - Chockos 

06:47 NFL Spitgate 

09:48 Haley in to hear Carmen's dream 

13:36 Do It All In 4 (and a half) meeting 

19:05 texts 

21:36 update 

22:36 Light of The World in theatres 

24:51 Step up in Christian entertainment 

27:16 Gen Z now leading in church attendance 

30:42 On-the-air in Panama City Beach 

33:58 Taylor Swift engagement critique 

39:53 Keller on marriage 

42:26 update and Bill's BIG Word

Carmen used to eat a lot of egg bites from Starbucks but she tired of them eventually. Now that they have a new egg bite flavor, she's thinking about starting to eat them again. To help her decide, she and Bill took the extra step of asking ChatGPT for more info. 

Sharathon is just 3 weeks away and we need your help with the running start. But Candice may need a little more help with her stride. 

Bill has turned into a runner and what convinced him of that is when he kept stride in the rain one evening. 

Joel Smallbone is stepping into the role of William Fairfax in a new film about a young George Washington. 

Hopefully the NFL gets off to a fast and fun start tonight faster than we got to the microphones this morning. 

Keeping up with all the scams can be a full time job these days. Bill shared a couple of AI scams that are going around. 

If part of your daily routine involves word games from the New York Times, you may have that same feeling that runners get when they hit a wall. But for you, it's a paywall. 

When you are making strides on a project, are you happy when its done or upset that you didn't get the credit? That's a question that Wade Joye asked on Instagram and Carmen brought to the show. 

Jules and her family took a vacation to Costa Rica and everything was going well until they went on a zipline adventure that caused one of her daughters to have a very sudden stop. 

Another of Jules' daughters is making strides in the neighborhood with her dog walking business. 

If you want to see the colors change with the fall foliage you may have to make quicker strides up north than you might have thought. 

00:32 New Starbucks Egg Bites 

03:16 ChatGPT info on Egg Bites 

06:16 Running Start Sharathon video 

11:25 Bill, the runner 

14:26 Joel Smallbone as William Fairfax in Young Washington 

19:52 slow to mics/ NFL starts tonight! 

21:40 New AI Scams 

27:11 NYT Strands yesterday/ Paywall for some games 

32:15 Wade Joye quote on taking credit 

37:07 Romans 12:10 

39:18 Jules - Sally zipling in Costa Rica 

45:15 Jules - Ellie's Dog Walking Business

48:18 Sharathon Running Start video 

52:16 Fall Foliage Maps 

55:25 Bill's BIG Word