Danish Artist Gives Glimpse of $1 Million Stained Glass Windows for New Chapel in Michigan

THE GRAND RAPIDS PRESS
By Brian McVicar

Espen Justesen, left, and Jannik Kvetmy work on a stained glass window being built at Cornerstone University on Wednesday, September 17, 2014. The windows were designed by Danish artists Peter Brandes and his wife Maja Engelhardt and will be installed in the school's new chapel. (Emily Rose Bennett | MLive.com)

MICHIGAN---The vision is set. Now it’s time for Peter Brandes, a Danish artist hired by Cornerstone University, to start building. He arrived on campus last week to create four, large stained glass windows – valued at $1 million – for the Christian liberal arts school’s new chapel.Once completed, the windows will serve as a hallmark feature of the new chapel, bathing worshipers in red, blue and yellow light, and acting as a reminder of Cornerstone’s commitment to Christ, said university President Joseph Stowell. “These windows tell the redemptive story,” he said. “They are constant reminders to all of us on campus … of the marvelous story of Christ’s work on our behalf.”[link]