In this season of giving, it is hard sometimes to cut through the commercial trappings, rise above the \u201cperfect Christmas\u201d expectations and truly connect with loved ones to give a gift that is really yearned for. We (like most creatives) sometimes find it hard to \u201cpush\u201d our own work, to believe that our music can really bless others the way it is intended to. Yet strangely, as I find myself in a broken place surrounded by much sorrow and pain with friends and family, I have needed to \u201cDwell\u201d myself! Searching through my CD\u2019s I have come back to this album as the space it offers me helps me to pray and intercede for those suffering, even in the darkest times. We thought we would share with you a quote from a recent review of the album by writer and blogger Freya Pickard. It encourages us that “Dwell” can connect with and carry others:-<\/p>\n
\u201cThis cd was the perfect gift at a very difficult time…Not since I discovered the music of Iona in the 1990s, has a cd had such a profound effect on me. Hearing it gives me goosebumps. I find it both relaxing and challenging. When I first listened to it, I felt like a dry sponge soaking up cold, refreshing water.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n (Read this review in full at Dragonscale Clippings Blog<\/a>)<\/p>\n So, we hope that others will choose Dwell as a gift for loved ones and that the Holy Spirit would find space in the lives of the listeners to heal, restore, envision and keep them.<\/p>\n