Initial responses to Grief and Grace in its first few weeks of release: " I had been waiting for a good time to listen to your CD.  Last night, I put my kids to sleep and I went up to my room and lay down on my bed.  Turned out the lights and received your music.  Thank you.  From my heart and soul.  You expressed the rich intricacy of emotions and spirituality that I have felt in my grief process.  That holding of seeming opposites, the beauty and peace and the sadness and fierce longing...all mixed.  I am so grateful to feel that sympatico...your music and lyrics are a balm for me right now. " Athena Burke, singer/songwriter "Makes me fall in love all over! " "Another beautiful heart opening experience! " "Tingles! goosebumps! Our friend is in a coma. Your song is our prayer to her." "Making me cry" Grief and Grace was actually started many years ago and released as "Grief" and mainly only distributed to grief groups and individuals who had lost dear ones. When Mark's nephew, Kelsey, committed suicide in March of 2010, Mark was moved to finish the CD with a number of new songs. The result is a deeply touching and stunningly beautiful collection that address the hard issues and welcomes in the grace of God into the hurting places. Singer/songwriter Linda Worster supports Mark in finding an authentic voice that embraces his own Christian background while keeping the message straight from the heart and universal.