A Kingdom Artist

was watching clips of the new album- Savior King from Hillsong Church Australia. They have great singers and musicians - so it takes something special to stop me cold. I hear a few tracks by this girl -' Brook Fraser'. I was impressed and thanked the Lord for this new talent that we all get to enjoy. I wanted to know more... so I Googled her and found out that she has been signed to Sony BMG for 5 years, and just came out with her 2nd album ' Albertine'. This is not a promo or review of that album - which is very good by the way, but more about how she shatters the preconceived boxes we place ourselves into as Christian artists.

She is from New Zealand - that has a population of just over 4 million. That's smaller than Toronto, Canada - the city I live in. This year alone she was on tour with John Mayer, and Hillsong United... releasing her own album while recording worship albums with Hillsong United and now Hillsong Church. Hillsong Church has a major outreach in Rwanda which is cool - but Brooke went there and was impacted by the story of a girl named Albertine. She was challenged to write a song about Albertine - to highlight the plight of Rwanda - which is still recovering from the genocide. She has taken that message and crafted her album around it - in fact she says her life has been changed and her art put in perspective as a result of the trips she has made to Rawanda.

The song that was number #1 for Brooke in New Zealand was called ' Arithmetic... read the lyrics (below) and you'll know who she is speaking of. And before we judge her for not being more obvious... imagine how many times she gets asked on TV who she is talking about.

The point I want to make is this... you can be a major label artist... in the world... and be a visible and vocal worship leader... tour with the best in the world and church... and not compromise. Beautiful art is ...beautiful art... honesty and sincerity and of course God's calling and purpose will open doors you thought were closed...