Michael W. Smith has released two albums in back-to-back weeks, with the groundbreaking new pop album A Million Lights and the intimate live worship experience, Surrounded.
In multiple interviews about this dual release, Smith said he was inspired by Amos 523-24, which talks about how God is more interested in justice than in the "noise" of believers' songs.
The albums are simply this call and response–a call to love horizontally, and a response to praise God together. Smith essentially declares that before we get together to worship, let's make sure we're loving[…]
