American Idol Season 6 finalist Phil Stacey recently finished recording his new 11-track album, Into the Light, which releases August 25, 2009. Stacey, an Idol Top 5 contestant, will showcase his acclaimed power vocals and songwriting chops with this first modern pop offering on Reunion Records.
“Given the recent past, it’s understandable that people are quick to ask me about the musical side of what I do,” says Stacey, who performed for an average of 30 million viewers a week, for the 11 weeks he competed on American Idol. “I enjoy talking about the music, too. In fact, I love it. But the biggest hope I have is that what I do will help draw people to God--whether that's through the songs I write, how I conduct myself on stage, or more importantly, the ways I relate to other people. Everything I did with American Idol has readied me for this platform and this album. This is where I feel at home and I can’t wait for people to hear these songs.”
With this in mind, it should come as no surprise that Stacey--the son of a pastor, grandson of two pastors, and a one-time music minister himself--celebrates faith and family on Into the Light as he sings passionately about an unshakable and loving God. With legendary Christian music producer Brown Bannister (Amy Grant, Mandisa, Steven Curtis Chapman) at the helm, Into the Light artfully taps Stacey’s longtime love for the church and its most modern musical expressions.
“There are songs on the project that will encourage and others that will challenge. Some that I’ve written and others that I heard and just had to record, including one by one of my favorite artists, Rich Mullins, called ‘Hard to Get’,” adds Stacey.
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thank you for the opportunity to learn and keep up with all that you do with your wonderful God given talent! you and your family have a wonderful thanksgiving!!!
SANFORD, N.C. - Searchers found the body of a missing 5-year-old off a road Monday, ending a weeklong search for the girl, whose mother was accused of offering her for sex, police said.
Fayetteville Police spokeswoman Theresa Chance told The Associated Press that searchers found Shaniya Davis' body southeast of Sanford in central North Carolina.
Two people have been charged in her disappearance, including her mother, Antoinette Davis, 25. Police charged Davis with human trafficking and felony child abuse, saying Shaniya was offered for prostitution. A first court appearance for Davis was scheduled Monday afternoon, and police said she did not yet have an attorney.
Authorities also charged Mario Andrette McNeill, 29, with kidnapping after they said he was seen in surveillance footage carrying Shaniya at a Sanford hotel. Authorities said McNeill admitted taking the girl, though his attorney said he will plead not guilty.
Davis reported Shaniya missing last Tuesday. The investigation first led to the arrest of a man named Clarence Coe, but charges against him were dropped a day later when investigators tracked down McNeill after getting a tip from a hotel employee.
Additional information led investigators to a search site near Sanford on Sunday. They continued searching Monday, scouring miles of landscape, roads, ravines and fields on four-wheelers and with helicopters.
Syd Severe, 42, who came down from Raleigh to help in the search, said he doesn't believe in the death penalty but feels the culprits in this case deserve it.
"We were hoping that someone could carry her home," Severe said. "It's just sick."
After Shaniya's body was found, a solemn group of searchers met quietly at a nearby fire station to ensure that all volunteers were accounted for.
Her father, Bradley Lockhart, said he raised his daughter for several years but last mont
Hey Phil!! I just wanted to say THANX SO MUCH for meeting me tonite!! it TOTALLY made my nite....no take that back my weekend!! lol u are such a sweet guy,& o yeh,I had meant to tell you earlier Thank you for everything you did when you were in the Marines!! it's b/c of great men...& women like you that we have as much freedom as we do & why we get to sing God's praise!! God Bless! <3 always Brittany
Hey!! OMG I cant wait to see you in concert tmr nite!! I've been SO excited for a month!! lol I hope I can meet you too I've wanted to ever since I first saw you on Idol!! lol see ya tmr!,I know you're gonna be awesome! <3 always Britt!!
Yesterday may have been a beautiful day, but .... I can not move constantly looking backwards, I run the risk of not seeing the faces of those who walk beside me..
Maybe the sun rises tomorrow even more beautiful but I can only look forward horizon I run the risk of not seeing the landscape that opens up around me.
Therefore, I prefer today. I like stepping on the force, enjoy its sun or shiver with cold, feel like every moment says this!
Yesterday I went. Tomorrow, I will. Today, I am. Therefore: Today, I tell you I love you, love you. Today, I'm listening. Today, I apologize for my mistakes. Today, I'll help.
Today, I share what I have with you. Today, I left you without holding any official word tomorrow. Because today we breathe, see, think, hear, suffer, sniff, cry, work, touch, laugh and love..
Today. Today I am alive. Like you. Today I can say I have more strength to continue. Today is the day One day as there was none and as there will be.
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