Life Love & Other Mysteries
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Life, Love & Other Mysteries is the third album by Contemporary Christian group Point of Grace
Point of Grace
Point of Grace is an all-female Contemporary Christian music group. The trio consists of Shelley Breen, Denise Jones, and Leigh Cappillino. The group started out as a quartet in 1991, with original members Breen and Jones, as well as Terry Jones and Heather Payne...

. It was released in 1996 by Word
Word Records
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 and Epic Records
Epic Records
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.

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

Singles

  • "Keep The Candle Burning" - #1
  • "You Are The Answer" - #1
  • "Circle Of Friends" - #1
  • "That's The Way It's Meant To Be" - #1

Music videos

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

Trivia

  • Shelley originally did not want to do "Circle Of Friends." She thought it was something kitschy, like a Kumbayah song.
  • The girls have mentioned that this was their hardest album to record. It is mentioned on the liner notes
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     that it was a "growing pain" of sorts for them, as John Mays, the man who signed the group to Word Records
    Word Records
    Word Records is a Christian record label based in Nashville, Tennessee. It is a division of Word Entertainment , which, itself is co-owned by Warner Music Group and Curb Records...

     had left the label, and shortly afterwards, Word would be sold. This left them to make all major decisions on their own. Still, it gave the group a few of their biggest career singles.
  • 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
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    ' 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
    Kenny Rogers
    Kenneth Donald "Kenny" Rogers is an American singer-songwriter, photographer, record producer, actor, and entrepreneur...

    ' cover of the song on his 2011 album The Love of God.
  • Since Heather Payne
    Heather Payne
    Heather Lynaye Floyd Payne is a solo Contemporary Christian music artist and founding member of group Point of Grace. She announced her retirement from the group in June 2008...

    '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."

Personnel

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