Earlier this month I shared a song by All Sons and Daughters called Reason to Sing off their most recent EP. I really love the heart behind this song, and the truth with which it is sung. Now as a follow up to sharing the song itself, here is a video of All Sons and Daughters explaining the story behind the song. Enjoy!

Phil Wickham is an incredibly talented songwriter and worship leader, and we sing a few of his songs at Cornerstone. His newest album “Response” has been out for a couple weeks now, and one of the many great songs on that album is At Your Name. We have sung this song a couple of times at Cornerstone now, and so I wanted to share with you Phil explaining the origin of the song in his [...]

“How He Loves” is a very powerful song, that has gained a lot of popularity in the last year. It’s a very simple and honest song, that sounds like a man simply talking to God. It has moments where it is unrefined, it’s not intended to be a perfect prayer, rather a real conversation. It’s truthful and heartfelt. This song has been covered a few times, and some of the lyrics changed with each iteration, [...]

This is a really great video of songwriter Jennie Lee Riddle and artists Kari Jobe and Phillips, Craig & Dean talking about the inspiration of the song, and what it means to them! If you remember a few weeks back, we were blessed to have Tiffany Thurston sing this song for us at service, now find out the story behind the song! Enjoy!

Time for a new Behind the Song Feature. This time Chris Tomlin explains the inspiration behind the song ‘Jesus Messiah’ from his album Hello Love. This is a song we play at Cornerstone, and it is such a blessing to hear everyone singing it out each time. Below you will find both Chris explaining the song, and a video to listen to the full track. Hope you enjoy!

From the blog (The Muse’s Muse) Silent Night. The story behind this song started way back in 1816 in Austria when a pastor named Joseph Mohr wrote the simple words as a poem. Then, as Destiny would have it, two years later on Christmas Eve, the organ in Pastor Mohr’s church broke down just before the Christmas Mass. Determined that the Mass should not be without music, Mohr gave the poem he had written two [...]

We have shared this song previously as a song spotlight, and thought it would be cool to share where the song came from! Here’s the story straight from Audrey Assad

If you haven’t heard of The Afters, you are missing out! They have an album called Never Going Back to OK that is probably one of the most played cd’s I have ever purchased. Their new project is called Light Up The Sky, and the title track for the album is all about the tangible ways that God shows us He is here for us, no matter what. Listen to what Josh Haven has to [...]

Amazing Grace is one of the most well known Christian Hymns in the world. The song was written by English Poet John Newton, and published in 1779. Newton wrote the song out of his own experiences. He was raised without any particular religious upbringing, and consistently found himself in trouble. He eventually was Pressed (drafted) into joining the Royal Navy, where he became a sailor, and eventually found himself participating in the slave trade. One [...]

Continuing with our discussion of Matt Maher, we thought we’d cover the Title Track of his newest album as our first Behind the Song Feature. Brian read an exerpt from this writing a few Sundays ago when we sang this song together at Cornerstone for the first time. The genesis of this song came from Saint Augustine of Hippo’s writing entitled “Jesus is the Only Way to God.” After searching for God through Eastern Cults [...]