Singing story teller Mark Schultz set to release fifth album

THE ARTIST who has become a renowned story-telling songwriter, Mark Schultz will release his fifth album 'Broken And Beautiful' in late September. One song on the project, "Everything To Me" (co-written with Cindy Morgan), talks about Schultz' adoption at two weeks of age, the first time he has ever made this personal fact public. The song thanks his birth mother for giving him the opportunity for such a full and wonderful life: "You gave life to me/A brand new world to see; Like playing baseball in the yard with dad at night/Mom reading Goodnight Moon and praying in my room; So if you worry if your choice was right/You gave me up but you gave everything to me." Schultz is also partnering with two adoption agencies, The James Fund and Bethany Christian Services, in order to bring support to adoptive children looking for homes.

The first single for Christian radio from the album is the title song, co-written with Matthew West, that says how the Church is open to the broken and how God can give us back our lives again. Another song which Schultz has been performing live for years, "Walking Her Home" chronicles the life of a loving couple that now reside in a nursing home. The song is based on a husband and wife that cared for Schultz upon his arrival to be an artist in Nashville.