At our practice last night, and in preparation for this Sunday, our team spent some time in prayer over the songs that we are singing, and over the members of our team, and over the members of our church family at Cornerstone, and I just want to simply say, thank you. It is truly an honor to be a part of Cornerstone and call this place home, and it constantly blows my mind the caliber [...]

I like to think of our Worship Arts team as a big family. It’s been an amazing time for me getting to serve with this great group of people, and making some friendships that I really cherish. One of our bass players and dear friends, Ashur Benjamin and his lovely fiancee Lyndi Petersen tied the knot last night, and we just wanted to take a moment to extend our love and congratulations to the both [...]

A few months back we celebrated Brian’s birthday here on the blog. We would be remiss if we failed to celebrate the birth of our other fearless leader, Mr. Ryan Axtell! Ryan is an incredible artist with a great passion for worship, and we’re blessed to have him lead our team. As a side note, Ryan is a big Steely Dan fan, so for his birthday, we arranged for a private concert! Check out the [...]

We are a Creative and Worship Arts team that loves gatherings. We love spending time together, getting to know each others’ families, and most importantly, sharing a meal or two . We have our Quarterly Team Gathering coming up this weekend, and by now you all should have received your invites. (It looks like just about everyone who has responded is coming!) We are excited to have this time together, and we really encourage you [...]

We posted a while back about music Discovery, and how you go about checking out new music. One of the best ways to find new artists, or just look up that song you’ve been dying to hear again is Spotify. Spotify is a big deal in the UK, and only in recent weeks has opened up in the United States. It acts as a music player, which can play all your local files just like [...]

Hey everyone, this is not one of our typical Worship Talks, but I thought it could make for a good discussion. I have been using Pandora A LOT lately. I always have been a fan, but over the past few months it’s become a dear friend of mine. This got me thinking this morning, what are some of the ways you discover new music? I have discovered tons of new music since attending Cornerstone, the [...]

Last Wednesday at our Worship Arts Team Gathering, we had a great discussion about finding the balance between personal worship and leading through performance on stage. This can be a tough middle ground to find at times, as we want our worship to be truthful and personal, but at the same time, we know that the congregation is looking to our team to set the standard for what is ‘acceptable’ for them to do as [...]

Over on Relevant Magazine’s website, Tyler Huckabee has written a great article dealing with our criticism of Christian Art, on how we respond, and a little perspective. It’s a great read and I hope you’ll take the time to check out his thoughts. Here’s a brief taste of the author’s take on Christian Art BEFORE he tried to make some himself: Christian art was too simplistic, too willfully ignorant of the world’s suffering. It was [...]

Just wanted to post a quick follow up. Brian had this to say after Promise’s surgery: UPDATE: To all who have been praying for Promise, THANK YOU! She is out of surgery, initial biopsy is BENIGN & recovering well!!   Thank you so much for your prayers, and keep them coming!

For those of you who don’t know the name, Promise Tangeman-Wurzell is the ridiculously talented wife of our Worship Director Brian Wurzell (check out her work here). Promise is heading in today for surgery to remove a portion of her thyroid, and to see if there are deeper issues than what they have already found. Since Brian has already done an amazing job of explaining everything on Promise’s blog, I will simply direct you there [...]