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Celebrating Easter

Celebrating Easter  Joey & Carla Link        © March 2016  Spring is just around the corner, although for many of us, the normal winter weather has yet to appear! While Christmas is a wonderful time to teach our children about the blessed gift of Jesus Christ, families often get caught off-guard in the springtime, and […]

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Celebrating Advent with Children

Christmas! What a wonderful time of the year! Is it?? Advertising starts so early, children start clamoring for toys before Thanksgiving. Materialism, greed, parties that don’t celebrate anything of value, and performances galore is what our culture has turned Christmas into. How can you turn this around in your family? One way to do this […]

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Teaching Thankfulness

We are told in Scripture) to “give thanks in all circumstances…” (I Thessalonians 5:18) Parents start teaching their young children thankfulness when they teach them to say “Thank you” when they get something. What are other ways you can teach your children to be grateful?   Have them write thank you notes when they receive […]

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Putting Others First

We thought we were teaching our children to put the needs of others first, according to the commandment found in Luke 10:27: “Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength and with all your mind; and love your neighbor as yourself.”   When we […]

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No More Reminders

No More Reminders Joey & Carla Link September 2012   “Caleb, have you finished your homework?” asked Mom. “Caleb, dinner’s in an hour, is your homework done?”   “Mandie, I told you to get your toys picked up before lunch. Why are they still on the floor?”   “Evan, it’s almost time to leave for […]

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