Imagine the vision that brings the following names to come together to write songs for the sole purpose of helping to fight poverty world-wide?
Names like Michael W. Smith, Darlene Zschech, Chris Tomlin, Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Paul Baloche, Israel Houghton, Graham Kendrick, Steven Curtis-Chapman, Andy Park, Stu Garrard, and Martin Smith.
This CD and other related products releases on Tuesday.
I am particularly thrilled about this project because each artist got to personally choose the charity/organization their portion of the royalties/sales/proceeds would go to. In other words, every person involved in this project is donating to some cause somewhere.
Michael W. Smith chose Living Hope in Cape Town, South Africa.
If you have read my blog or know me at all, Living Hope is where a huge piece of my heart remains at all times.
In anticipation of Michael's 2007 Christmas Concert at Brentwood Baptist (where he agreed to do two shows as benefit concerts) he took the time while he was in Cape Town to meet with John Thomas, the founder and leader of Living Hope in October 2007.
Maybe that played a part in Michael choosing Living Hope to be "his" charity/organization.
As he put it to me - "it seemed like the right thing to do"!
God bless you, Michael, and God bless all of these incredibly influential songwriters/artists who took the time to come together and creatively submit to one another for a greater cause. What a picture that is - what a testimony to laying aside egos, personal and professional agendas to do something really important that goes beyond fame and fortune.
I hope you will take the time to read more about Compassionart, and you will purchase the CD and or other products - for in doing so, you will help to fight poverty, and minister to "the least of these".
