A Word News conversation with Stryper’s Michael Sweet – part I: Band On A Mission, Bringing Hope
[Editor’s Note: Word News published this series on Fridays. The stories were lost because of a server problem years ago. Word News is rebuilding these exclusive stories and will run them under the category “Flashback.” Enjoy!] ORANGE COUNTY, Calif. (WordNews.org) Oct. 7, 2005 — One of Christian music’s top-selling — and controversial — bands, Stryper, […]
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Read More →A week with Mark Schultz: ‘Letters from War’ (Part 6 of 6)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Dec. 17, 2011 –A few years ago, Christian singer Mark Schultz was found letters his great grandmother had stored in her attic, stories of three scared sons in World War II to their mother. He knew he had the makings of a song. That song, “Letters from War,” resonates with servicemen and woman. […]
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NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Dec. 16, 2011 — It was a whirlwind trip to Europe last year that filled Christian recording artist Mark Schultz with the inspiration to try something new. Actually, some things new. First, there was the instrumental album,
Read More →A week with Mark Schultz: The voice for the orphans (Part 4)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Dec. 15, 2011– Recently, Christian singer/songwriter Mark Schultz did a benefit concert for a clinic that helps unwed mothers-to-be. “They can come in and get counseling about adoption as opposed to abortion,” Mark says. During the night, he heard a presentation that left an impression. “I heart a staggering figure—One and a half […]
Read More →A week with Mark Schultz: Early musical influences (Part 3)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Dec. 14, 2011 – Mark Schultz, the Dove Award-winning Christian recording artist, says his biggest musical influence may have been his boom box. “I grew up on the because I lived on farms and stuff and your only friends were the box and earphones and listening to the radio,” Mark says. “I think […]
Read More →A week with Mark Schultz: ‘What’s real resonates’ (Part 2)
NASHVILLE (WordNews.org) Dec. 13, 2011 — The songs Christian recording artist Mark Schultz began to write got a little more personal than ski outings and mission trips. “There was a kid in the youth group who got cancer and the youth pastor was like, ‘Hey, why don’t you write a song about that?’” Mark did. […]
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