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Helping Your Kids Choose to do the Right Thing

By Joey & Carla Link October 25, 2023 Your kids misbehave every single day. So do you. It’s called sin, and since none of us or our kids are perfect, we need to get over our unrealistic, perfectionistic expectations of them. This doesn’t mean you throw in the towel and let them do what they want. […]

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What Love Is

By Joey & Carla Link October 18, 2023 You have had a long, hard day with the kids and things you needed to get done for the church’s upcoming Harvest Fest. The roast is in the crock pot but nothing else is done for dinner. The kids are fighting with each other and you just […]

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What Love is Not

By Joey & Carla Link October 11, 2023 What’s love got to do, got to do with it? What’s love, but a sweet old-fashioned notion? What’s love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken? Have you ever heard of the song “What’s Love Got […]

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Finding Positive Words

By Joey & Carla Link October 4, 2023 We want our kids to speak kindly to others. We want them to use their words to encourage others. We would all like this to come naturally, but it doesn’t. You get to teach them how to use their words for good.  There is a great verse […]

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