Cornerstone Family Services

10/01/2025

Thinking is tricky business.

How we see, think about, and talk to ourselves informs our sense of self. To have a healthier thought life, it’s essential to rebuild our self-awareness on a strong foundation. That begins with thinking true thoughts about ourselves rather than negative ones.

In theory, it should be easy to simply change self-defeating, irrational thoughts. Can’t you just decide to stop thinking harmful thoughts? Unfortunately, retraining your brain isn’t quite that straightforward.

Thinking is tricky business. How we see, think about, and talk to ourselves informs our sense of self. To have a healthier thought life, it’s essential to rebuild our self-awareness on a strong foundation. That begins with thinking true thoughts about ourselves rather than negative ones. In theory...

09/30/2025

Popular media strongly affirms (if not downright encourages) p**n’s acceptability, even for those in relationships or marriages. And for those using p**n, there’s a natural desire to justify behavior and overlook the negative impacts it’s having. Here are a few common lies told about p**n and marriage:

People often say it's no big deal to use p**n in marriage. What are the effects of p**n on marriage and relationships? How do we start healing?

09/29/2025

What are the most important things to agree on in marriage? Typically you’re going to consider things like your values and beliefs, overall meshing of your personalities, and the general picture of what you want your future to look like – whether that includes a big family, career aspirations, living in a small town or a big city, etc. If you and your spouse differ significantly on these topics, it’s going to be difficult to plan a life together – to say the least.

But if you’re aligned on these big things, does that mean it’s all smooth sailing? Eh, not quite. You and your spouse will probably still disagree, albeit on things with lower stakes. That got us thinking…

What are the little things that are nice to agree on in marriage? Do you and your spouse score high on bonus compatibility points?

09/26/2025

09/25/2025

How we think becomes habitual, to the point we become stuck. We can’t recognize that we’ve formed a habit. Rather than tuning into what we think and eradicating the lies, we go through life on autopilot. Left unchecked, lies dictate our daily decisions and wreck our emotional state.

The way you speak to yourself determines your emotional state. The messages you repeat to yourself eventually become your brain’s highest-priority messages. Chronic fear, worry, anxiety, and loneliness are all results of how we train our brains.

Every human struggles with bad thoughts. The truth is, our thoughts either help us or hurt us. There’s no in between. Did you know the brain is the only organ in the human body that governs identity and personality? Over 90% of our wellbeing is directly influenced by the way we think. So when our ...

09/23/2025

My purpose today is simple. I just want to ask the question: Are you okay? I want to consider what you saw and acknowledge that it may be sitting heavily on your heart and may be troubling your soul.

My daughters both tried hard not to see Charlie Kirk die. But both saw him die anyway. They saw the bullet strike, they saw his body jerk, they saw the torrent of blood that proved the shot had bee…

09/22/2025

If regular dates have become part of your routine, congrats! You’ve established a habit that will pay off – strengthening your relationship in both the long and short-term – and that’s something to be proud of. So what’s next? Are you looking for a new challenge or a way to level up your dates? Or perhaps you’re experiencing a (good) problem – things have gotten to be a little too routine and predictable. Whatever the case, you could use some ways to inject some novelty and fun into your usual dates. There’s no need to completely reinvent the wheel, so here are 8 simple date add-ons that will put a new spin on your same old, same old.

Have your dates become a little too predictable? Looking for a way to level them up? Here are 8 date add-ons for a new spin on your same old.

09/18/2025

So your kids are teens, but surprise! You’re having another baby. What do you do now?

A surprise pregnancy can be a bit of a shock, particularly if you and your spouse expected to be empty nesters soon. It’s also a big adjustment for your kids, who are focused on their friends, extracurricular activities, dating, and planning for college. This change is likely creating some chaos inside you, your spouse, your marriage, and your family.

We can imagine that this news has created a seismic shift in your world. Maybe you’re reeling internally. You’re in a situation where it’s important to give yourselves—and your older kids—time and space to adapt to a completely new future.

So your kids are teens, but surprise! You’re having another baby. What do you do now? A surprise pregnancy can be a bit of a shock, particularly if you and your spouse expected to be empty nesters soon. It’s also a big adjustment for your kids, who are focused on their friends, extracurricular a...

09/17/2025

[Being] “authentic” is not an end in itself...There is a hypocrisy that appears earnest—even shedding tears in confession—yet makes no real steps to change. We must develop healthy relationships that graciously push each other toward honesty and repentance.

The church is a primary means God uses to help you persevere in faith and be conformed to Jesus. You will not grow in purity or maturity apart from gospel community.

09/16/2025

In a lot of family circumstances, what someone considers a perfect outcome or perfect decision is subjective. What would be perfect to one parent would be a failure to another one. What is an ideal response to one kid may not affect another. It feels like perfect is always changing.

The more control you have, the better off your family will be. Adam Griffin acknowledges and answers this myth about parenting along with four others that parents should understand.