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An Evening with Yazz

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Those of you of a certain age will no doubt remember how in the summer of 1988 Yazz stormed to the top of the UK single charts with her classic song “The only way is up.” Fast forward 21 years and last night Yazz was singing tracks from her album “Running back to You” at St Christopher’s Church in Cove and sharing how she had come to find true freedom in Christ.

Yazz spoke about fame and the emptiness that she experienced with it and how she tried to search for meaning to life. After trying different paths she eventually found Christ and discovered true freedom. It was wonderful to hear her testimony both in words and music about how God had met and changed her.

Yazz’s website can be found at http://www.yazzmusic.co.uk

Beverley Trotman

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Those people who are fans of X-Factor may remember the name Beverley Trotman from the 2007 series. Beverley is a primary school teacher from Luton who reached the live stages of the X-Factor competition and remained on the show for 8 weeks.

On Saturday night I went to see her sing in Aldershot at High Trinity Church. Beverley is in the process of releasing her first album, which is a praise and worship one, and sung some of the songs from it with her daughter also singing with her too. As well as her singing, Beverley spoke about her Christian faith and shared her testimony with the audience.

It was an enjoyable evening and if you get the chance to see her sing and speak I would recommend going. If you want to keep up with the latest news about Beverley then you can visit her blog http://www.beverleytrotmanblog.com/

Walk on: The Spiritual Journey of U2 by Steve Stockman

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Walk on: The Spiritual Journey of U2 by Steve Stockman
With the new U2 album “No Line On the Horizon” being released in the UK on March 2nd it seemed appropriate to publish a review of Steve Stockman’s book analysing the spiritual journey of U2.

Arguably the biggest band in the world, U2 have been at the top of their profession for many years now. I remember seeing them at the Lyceum Theatre in 1981! Their early albums contained tracks which appeared to have an obvious Christian message, but as they grew this seemed to change as they turned their focus more onto social issues.

In his excellent book Steve Stockman traces the group from their beginnings and analyses their albums and brings to light Christian content in much of their music that will surprise the reader. He discusses the bands ups and downs and shows how their Christian faith underpins all they do.

It’s fair to say that the book is very defensive of U2 and is critical of some evangelical Christians who have said that the band has abandoned their Christian faith. I can guarantee that you will not agree with everything written, but for all fans of U2 and Christian music it’s essential reading. If anything it might encourage us to pray for the group as they endeavour to live out their faith in the public arena.