Reviewed by Mary Brows

Bill and Gloria's new album is a pleasure to listen to, with strong vocals and musicianship. They manage to give a fresh feel to old familiar hymns from composing pens as diverse as Fanny Crosby and Andrae Crouch. Older people will like this (a Christmas gift perhaps?). As Gloria interjects in "On Jordan's Stormy Banks", "We feel so healed... singing in harmony the songs of where we've come from and where we're going." My favourite is Bill and Gloria's own song "Gentle Shepherd". "Holy Ground" is sung with real reverence from Memphis Homecoming, featuring Joy Gardner's lovely voice. Jim Hamill involves us all in "God Leads Us Along". And with 18 tracks this is good value.

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