Hey Vinny,

This is an excellant question you've posted here. What
I usually do is burn a copy of "Satellite Sky" or
"Second Hand" and sometimes "Hammer & Nails" because
I feel these are Mark's finest albums.

Because I am only 17 years old, no one in my age group
has ever heard of Mark, so I have some experience in
this area. However, since I have been into Mark's
tunes for over two years now, all of my friends have
now heard of him, whether they like it or not :)

I've also found Mark's tunes to be a great way to
witness to my unsaved friends. I give them a copy of
"Satellite Sky" and then start a discussion about the
lyrics of "Orphans of God" , "We Know Too Much" or
even "Freighttrain to Nowhere" These songs discuss
social issues in a way that non- believers can relate
to and understand.

Just a few of my thoughts. Hope this helps :)


James Morovich




--- vkochetta <vkochetta@...> wrote:

>
> Hey folks,
>
> I have asked this question earlier this month on a
> mail list related
> to Mark and his music, with a couple good thoughts.
> Forgive the
> cross-post, but I would like to know how you handle
> this...
>
> One of these scenarios may have happened to you:
>
> You're talking with a friend and the discussion
> turns to the
> emptiness of the lyrical content of most
> contemporary music
> (christian or otherwise) and you offer up a list of
> quality
> songwriters which includes Mark Heard...
>
> Or you're listening to some music in your
> office/cubicle/truck/etc
> and it catches someone's attention and they ask who
> it is and you
> tell them it's Mark Heard...
>
> Or you're talking with someone who is feeling the
> weight of living
> with grace within a fallen world or struggling with
> being real and as
> you offer some words of encouragement or
> commiseration, a word
> picture comes to mind that you pass along as being
> from a song by
> Mark Heard ...
>
> ... and the next question, almost invariably, is
> Mark who?
>
> What do you use to introduce people to Mark Heard
> and his music? Do
> you pass along High Noon or do you steer them to
> some earlier works?
> Do you point them to the Image article or some of
> John Fischer's
> comments?
>
> I'm curious how you answer, Mark who?
>
> --- Vinny
>
>
>
>
>




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