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[Qaqaq]

FOREGONE, without its beginning and conclusion, is OREGON. "Before you venture into dark territory" may refer to the Oregon Trail.

I don't think we have a category that fits OREGON, so perhaps the one we're missing is STATES? Anyone care to try to backsolve DI2 to fit that?

[Biola23]

Just wanted to point out another entry point to the game. I don't believe there are other clues there, but maybe someone could find them. This is an article interviewing Rob Bell about the book JWTSC. In it are a series of bold letters which spell out "email rob at nooma dot com."

http://relevantmagazine.com/god_article.php?id=7569

[Biola23]

[bcjam]

CoV Headquarters is in Kansas City where they say the Oregon Trail started.


From Our Ministries page

[amandel]

On the Our Ministries page it says " Camp Francis: Spokane, Washington"

Belle has been in ctc with CoV's Anna Gimble. She got a reply HERE if you want to try re Camp Francis also.

[Projectyl]

Here's something from the Weekly Inspiration that's interesting, but may or may not be a coincidence:

rIse -> rOse, a flower
Mouse -> Louse, an insect
bArn -> bErn, a capital
Sip -> Zip, a code

Does anyone see one that'd fit "money"?

[ToddE]

I suppose "beck" could be "buck" or "hound" could become "pound"?

[Qaqaq]

I don't see a letter-change on a state, though. What else could OREGON belong to? Trails? Universities? Something else?

[revsleestaxx]

I am missing too many

[Projectyl]

The song they link to IS Run On; it's just the title that's wrong.

Maybe it's intentional, maybe it's not; lyrics sites are notorious for that sort of thing.

[motris]

Other one letter changes that could work:
parts -> Paris, another capital
also mouse -> morse, another code (although mouse->louse has been suggested).

The overlap in one word suggests to me that this is not exactly right as I wouldn't have this kind of ambiguity in a puzzle.

I'm also stuck on aria -> asia but that doesn't fit an existing category.


Anyway, let's say it is the changed letters thing; I'd guess the message is in the original or changed letters. Going through the inspiration in order with rise, mouse (2 choices), barn, beck, parts, hound, sip, the letters I have are:

(original): I(M/U)AUTHS
(changed): O(L/R)EUIPZ

Obviously we still have several missing as I'd expect all the unusual phrases to have at least one changed word and things like inclement weather and angelic aria are currently untapped.

[revsleestaxx]

Wrong song lyrics

[ToddE]

Looks like we now have a video from the free Xander on the Garden Wall area of Fruit of the Garden.

http://www.fruitofthegarden.com/TheGardenWall/

There's also a text message reference from Xander in the message board.

Looks like Part 1 is complete!

Now when is Part 2??!?! I've hit refresh all day.

[motris]

I think the right history is that there is a folk song, "God's Gonna Cut You Down", that is sometimes called "Run On". It has been performed by several artists, including Elvis (as Run On), and Johnny Cash (as God's Gonna Cut You Down), and one of the versions from the 40's was sampled in the Moby song "Run On" on Play. The lyrics are generally always the same, but even I cannot find a good site with the original folk song without a reference to elvis or another popular artist playing the song.

I think this is how the lyrics should match up, given rhythm and syllable counts:

Rewritten:

[bcjam]

Xander is free!! Good work everybody.