In a soul-lifting collection that resounds with joy, today's black gospel superstars tell how the Lord has changed their lives, shaped their music -- and led them to triumph over life's most incredible trials. Dr. Bobby Jones, host of Black Entertainment Television's <I>Bobby Jones Gospel</I> and <I>Video Gospel,</I> joins nineteen acclaimed gospel performers whose personal stories, like the healing, hopeful music they were called to sing, are celebrations of God's glory. <P> <B>Kirk Franklin</B> reveals how it took the violent death of his close friend for God to reach out and touch him, and turn him from a gang-banger to a minister for Christ. <P> <B>John P. Kee</B> affirms that God saved him from drugs and the fast-money lifestyle of the streets. <P> <B>Shirley Caesar</B> remembers how she fell apart when her mother died, and how the Lord helped put the pieces of her life back together. <P> Given only a few months to live by his doctors, blind minister and gospel star <B>Rev. James Moore</B> praises God for a different kind of prognosis that keeps him singing to this very day. <P> Gospel matriarch <B>Albertina Walker</B>'s testimony affirms her God-given stamina in a harsh world that has tried to knock her down more than once. <P> <B>Dottie Peoples</B> describes an encounter with an angel that took her out of nightclubs and returned her to singing gospel music in church. <P> As rousing as a gospel choir in full swing, these and other inspiring accounts of hope and transformation confirm the power of music and faith -- and will stir the hearts of those looking to strengthen their own ties with the Lord.