Year: 2021

  • Good Pride vs. Bad Pride

    By Joey and Carla LinkMarch 24, 2021 Good Pride – “Satisfaction in a job well done that took a lot of effort.”Bad Pride – “When a person believes he or she is better than others and knows more than everyone else, or when a person believes he is capable of something he really isn’t.”I (Carla) spent several months…

  • Name Calling

    By Joey and Carla LinkMarch 17, 2021 In the “Back to the Future” movies, the word “Chicken” always caught Marty McFly’s ear. You could call him any other name, criticize him and say anything else bad about him, but when you called him “CHICKEN!”, it made him mad and he wanted to take that person on and would not…

  • Should My Kids Play Team Sports?

    By Joey and Carla LinkMarch 10, 2021 When we first moved to Iowa 30 years ago, we were amazed that the school district respected churches enough that they didn’t allow extra-curricular or school events to be on Wednesday nights as most churches had services or kids’ activities that night. Coming from Southern California, this was…

  • Loving Self vs. Loving Others

    By Joey and Carla LinkMarch 3, 2021 “Who are you thinking of right now?” That is the question I asked my daughter one day when she was complaining about her sister. When they were 12 years and up, our daughters had to come up with a schedule for morning bathroom time. The problem was our…

  • Will Your Kids be Morally Pure When They Get Married?

    By Joey and Carla LinkFebruary 24, 2021 Everywhere you turn, kids are bombarded with images about love, which in today’s culture is equated with being sexy. From clothing to selfies, it is standard practice for kids ages 10 and up to want to be sexy and “hot” in how they portray themselves to the world. In an article…

  • Love is…

    By Joey and Carla LinkFebruary 17, 2021 Love0 Share Tweet Share Pin

  • Loving Tough

    By Joey and Carla LinkFebruary 10, 2021 We all know tough times in life will come, but what about when it impacts your marriage? We know of a family that has suffered greatly this past year especially. The husband didn’t get a job they were looking forward to. His wife has suffered from an issue…

  • “Oh, Be Careful Little Eyes What You See”

    By Joey and Carla LinkFebruary 3, 2021 Both Carla and I grew up singing this cute little song in Sunday School:Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see,Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see.There’s a Father up above looking down in tender love,Oh, be careful, little eyes, what you see.This verse would repeat 4…

  • My Kids Don’t Make Good Choices, What Can I Do?

    By Joey and Carla LinkJanuary 27, 2021 One of the greatest frustrations a parent faces is when their kids do the same wrong behavior again and again and again. For us, it was the laundry. Carla washed and folded it and put the clothes in each of our kids’ baskets for them to put away. We didn’t…

  • Training Your Kids’ Hearts

    By Joey and Carla LinkJanuary 26, 2022 Your kids are not always going to be kind to each other. They are not always going to be patient and let one of their siblings go first. One kid will do his/her chores while singing at the top of his lungs while one of your other kids…