Losing My Voice to Find It: How a Rockstar Discovered His Greatest Purpose

by Mark Stuart, Roger W Thompson (With), Tim Tebow (Foreword by)

Overview

The incredible story of a lead singer's rise to fame and his crushing fall when he lost his singing voice, his career, and his marriage—and then found a new calling more in tune with God than he ever thought possible.

Mark Stuart was the front man of popular Christian rock band, Audio Adrenaline, at a time when the Christian music scene exploded. Advancing from garage band to global success, the group sold out stadiums all over the world, won Grammy Awards, and even celebrated an album going certified Gold. But after almost twenty years, Mark's voice began to give out. When doctors diagnosed him with a debilitating disease, the career with the band he'd founded and dedicated his life to building was gone. Then to his shock, his wife ended their marriage, and Mark believed he'd lost everything.

Unsure of his future, Mark traveled to Haiti to help with the band's ministry, the Hands and Feet Project. When the devastating 2010 earthquake hit, media learned he was present and sought him out for interviews. Ironically, Mark became the scratchy voice for the struggling Haitians, drawing the world's attention to their dire circumstances. In the process, Mark found a greater purpose than he'd ever known before. In this gripping, compelling new book, Mark Stuart overlays his story with passages from the gospel of John, urging his readers to listen for God's voice and to embrace his big love that calls us into a big life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781400213290
Publisher:	Nelson, Thomas, Inc.
Publication date:	11/05/2019
Pages:	224
Sales rank:	540,316
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.10(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Mark Stuart, perhaps best known as the lead vocalist for the Christian rock band Audio Adrenaline, is a songwriter, singer, speaker, missionary, and advocate for vulnerable children in Haiti. Although he calls Franklin, Tennessee, home, he travels fulltime with his wife Aegis and their two children, Journey and Christela, in their family RV.

Table of Contents

Foreword Tim Tebow XIII

Part I My Father's House

Chapter 1 The Arena, Part 1 3

Chapter 2 Richland 9

Chapter 3 "Chevette" 12

Chapter 4 Unforgettable Fire 16

Chapter 5 Top Gun 21

Chapter 6 Haiti: The Pirate Coast 25

Chapter 7 The Forgotten Edge of Earth 30

Part II "We're A Band"

Chapter 8 A-180 37

Chapter 9 Audio Adrenaline 42

Chapter 10 The Dog House 49

Chapter 11 The Naked Truth 53

Chapter 12 "We're a Band" 60

Part III "Never Gonna Be As Big As Jesus"

Chapter 13 "Big House" 67

Chapter 14 We Have a Hit 72

Chapter 15 Free at Last 76

Chapter 16 Cowboy Music 82

Chapter 17 The Shed 88

Chapter 18 "Bloom" 92

Part IV "Get Down"

Chapter 19 Duct-Taped Rock and Roll 99

Chapter 20 Changes 104

Chapter 21 "Some Kind of Zombie" 107

Chapter 22 "Underdog" 112

Chapter 23 Billy Graham 118

Chapter 24 I Know That Guy! 121

Chapter 25 Summer Festivals 126

Chapter 26 "Lift" 131

Chapter 27 "Ocean Floor" 138

Chapter 28 Breakfast with Bono 143

Chapter 29 "Hands and Feet" 147

Part V "Start a Fire"

Chapter 30 "Worldwide" 153

Chapter 31 Rock Star 157

Chapter 32 All the Light That Remained 165

Part VI "Losing Control"

Chapter 33 The Arena, Part 2 171

Chapter 34 Music City 175

Chapter 35 "Until My Heart Caves In" 181

Chapter 36 "Good Life" 186

Part VII "Kings & Queens"

Chapter 37 The New World 193

Chapter 38 Journey 200

Chapter 39 A Night in Franklin 207

Chapter 40 Live from Hawaii 214

Chapter 41 The Day the Mountain Crumbled 221

Chapter 42 "Kings & Queens" 229

Epilogue 235

Acknowledgments 237

Notes 239

About the Author 241