Scribbling in the Sand - Michael Card

 

Track List 1. El Shaddai 2. Immanuel 3. Jubilee 4. Soul Anchor 5. Know You In The Now 6. The Poem Of Your Life 7. Starkindler 8. Why 9. The Basin And The Towel 10. God's Own Fool 11. Things We Leave Behind 12. Love Crucified Arose 13. Sunrise Of Your Smile 14. Underneath The Door 15. Joy In The Journey 16. Grace Be With You All 17. Scribbling In The Sand

Describe it in 20 words	A greatest hits live by Michael Card, containing an outstanding collection of fantastic song writing in a strip down acoustic style.
Big Themes/Standout Tracks	Story songs, songs unpacking the Bible or that challenge us to believe in God's care of us.  From the classic 'El Shaddai' (made famous by a certain Amy Grant) to reflective 'Why' these are great songs.  There are early works ('Things we leave behind' and 'Love crucified arose') and two new songs including the moving 'Underneath the door' which without the testimony explaining it by Card may be the saddest song ever recorded as it explains the cry of a boy for the love of his Dad. Re-think Bible stories, remember how much God cares for you and enjoy the best of one of Christian music's real creative talents.
Anything that lets it down	Just one pain here - as its live Michael seem to let us know between every song that the next person joining us on stage is a great buddy and fantastic musician - big on US overkill for this listener but the songs are good enough to forgive him.
Who it sounds like	Hard to say, Michael has a whole style of his own, Michael Card sounds like Michael Card!
Rating	**** Great stuff