Welcome Home

Steve Angrisano is one of the best contemporary songwriters around, and his fourth album only adds to the evidence. These 11 songs have already become staples for contemporary liturgies, prayer services, youth group events -- and young people with headphones -- everywhere.

Highlights include three new psalm settings, including "Taste and See," Steve''s prayerful, singable, already popular new setting of Psalm 34. "Let Us Go Rejoicing" (Ps 122) is an excellent contemporary setting of this common psalm for Ordinary Time and church dedications and anniversaries.

Live It! fans will recognize "Mighty King," Steve''s catchy pop-rock hit from that two-CD compilation. Asking "Why spend your wages for what fails to satisfy?," "Table of Life" is an inspiring Communion song and Steve''s invitation to quench our thirst with Christ''s life-giving water. Several songs from this collection were selected to be included in Spirit & Song 2.

Steve''s superbly crafted songs welcome us to discover God''s kingdom in our everyday lives. "Even in the rush and crush, the thunder of this world," he sings in "Follow Me," the exhilarating opening track, "there''s a gentle whisper in my heart saying, ''I am your God, there is no other. Follow me!''" Offering a delectable array of guitar-, mandolin- and Hammond organ-spiced praise and worship tracks, Welcome Home helps us hear that gentle whisper and find our way back to God''s embrace.