Mark Schultz

During the past decade, turning real life experiences into heartfelt anthems of hope and redemption has made Schultz one of the Christian community’s most acclaimed singer/songwriters, earning the top spot on Billboard magazine’s Christian Adult Contemporary Songwriter list. The Best of Mark Schultz features 17 songs that have defined the Dove Award winner’s artistry, among them “He’s My Son,” “Letters from War” and “Walking Her Home,” which were hits on mainstream adult contemporary radio as well as Christian stations. “Back in His Arms Again” was named BMI’s Christian Song of the Year in 2003. “Letters from War” was the centerpiece of the Army’s “Be Safe-Make It Home” campaign. The collection features music from Schultz’s five previous studio albums and includes such poignant classics as “What It Means to Be Loved,” “I Am” and “Remember Me.”

Encouragement is a blessing he’s passed along and through the platform his music has created, Schultz has gotten some unique opportunities to lift people up. When his last album came out, there was a radio contest called “Win a Concert with Mark at Your Home.” One of Schultz’s fans named Dave had been having his friends over on Friday nights to play them Schultz’s live DVD. When Dave got cancer, his friends wrote letters to the station to win him the special concert. “He said, ‘I wasn’t supposed to come home, but I talked the doctors into letting me come home for this concert. I wouldn’t miss this for anything,'” Schultz recalls Dave saying. “We went downstairs and there were 75 of his best friends. Dave and his wife were up front and I let him call out what songs he wanted me to play and after every song, I said ‘does anybody have anything to say about Dave?’ and after every song people would stand up and say, ‘this is who Dave has been to me. I wasn’t a Christian and Dave would call us and have us over. We got to know your music because he played us your DVD.'”