Life Love & Other Mysteries

Life, Love & Other Mysteries
Studio album by Point of Grace
Released	September 9, 1996
Genre	Christian pop
Label	Word Records Epic Records
Producer	Michael Omartian Phil Naish Scott Williamson Blair Masters
Point of Grace chronology
The Whole Truth (1995) Life, Love & Other Mysteries (1996) Steady On (1998)
Singles from Life, Love & Other Mysteries
"Keep The Candle Burning" "You Are The Answer" "Circle of Friends" "That's The Way It's Meant To Be"

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Life, Love & Other Mysteries is the third album by Contemporary Christian group Point of Grace. It was released in 1996 by Word and Epic Records.

Background

The girls have mentioned that this was their hardest album to record. They called it a "growing pain" because John Mays, the man who signed the group to Word Records, had left the label.^[2] Shortly afterwards, Word was sold, so this left them to make all major decisions on their own. Shelley originally did not want to do "Circle Of Friends" because she thought it was something kitschy, like a Kumbayah song. Similar to what happened in the music videos for two of the group's previous songs, in Keep the Candle Burning, there is a scene on the Dallas Mavericks' jet where Chris Jones (Terry), Stu Jones (Denise), and David Breen (then Shelley's fiancé; they married 2½ months after the album was released) have cameos in the music video. "Circle of Friends" has been regarded as the group's signature song; a book by the group and their fan club both share this title. The current trio served as background vocalists on Kenny Rogers' cover of the song on his 2011 album The Love of God. Since Heather Payne's departure from the group in 2008, they have performed the song "Keep The Candle Burning" as a medley with "The Great Divide" and the song "You Are The Answer" as a medley with "I'll Be Believing."

Track listing

1. "Life, Love & Other Mysteries" - 4:03
2. "Keep the Candle Burning" - 4:26
3. "That's the Way It's Meant to Be" - 3:31
4. "Jesus Doesn't Care" - 4:43
5. "Gone Are the Dark Days" - 4:11
6. "Sing a Song" - 3:39
7. "Any Road, Any Cost" - 4:17
8. "You Are the Answer" - 3:50
9. "God Forbid" - 3:34
10. "Circle of Friends" - 4:15

Music videos

• "Keep The Candle Burning"
• "Circle Of Friends"
• "That's The Way It's Meant To Be"

Personnel

• Point of Grace - singers
• Cheryl Rogers - piano
• David Luther Cleveland - guitars
• Jackie Street - bass guitar
• Scott Williamson - drums
• Byron Hagan - hammond organ
• Eric Darken - percussion
• Dann Huff - electric guitars
• Phil Naish - keyboards
• Jimmie Lee Sloas - bass

Reception

Allmusic gave the album three out of five stars.^[1] Dial-the-Truth Ministries, however, criticized Point of Grace for covering "Sing a Song" by Earth, Wind & Fire because of that group's new age influence.^[3][4]

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