Alvin Slaughter

I've had the privilege of working with this man on two different occasions. The second time I had organized a bit of a mass choir made up of people from about 5 different congregations. We ended up with 150 people in the choir. It was an awesome experience. We felt like we were all floating on air as we lifted praises and worship to God. Which may explain why, at the end of the concert and after two hours of standing, we still didn't want it to end.

Well, his latest CD is "The Faith Life". I've found it to be very edifying. This is a song he sings on it titled "Launch Out" written by Keith Laws.

Sometimes we hold on a little longer than we should
Letting go can be hard but it's sometimes for our good
The fear of what's ahead sometimes makes us fall behind
We can see the times are changing but pretend that we're so blind
You'll never really know just what the future holds
But we know God holds us in His hand
So by faith we must climb into the boat
And follow His command

Launch out into the deep
Let your faith take you somewhere that you've never been before
Launch out into the deep
Let your faith make you fly, let your faith make you soar
Launch out, launch out into the deep

It's time to wake up and make our dreams come true
Time is always moving and it will not wait for you
The fear inside your mind can quench the fire in your heart
Sometimes where you end is where God wants to start
It's never easy when you're walking out by faith
Everything seems so different and new
But if we only learn to see with eyes of faith
We would see life in a different view

Launch out into the deep
Let your faith take you somewhere that you've never been before
Launch out into the deep
Let your faith make you fly, let your faith make you soar
Launch out, launch out
So much for you awaiting, so stop procrastinating
Close your eyes, just take a leap