Becoming

In addition to songs about her past and childhood (“Becoming,” “Bigger Story”) and songs dealing with the present moments in life (“Summer,” “Take It From Here”), Becoming also looks ahead, longing for the heaven that can only be found in echoes now. “Jesus said He is preparing a place for us, and I cannot imagine what it is going to be like,” explains Christine about her song “Echoes of Heaven.” “Having children, they constantly ask questions about heaven. They want to make sure it’s not going to be a boring church service or some adult idea of what’s fun. So when I think about heaven, I think about the beautiful things that remind me there’s more and better yet to come—a warm evening outside with your bare feet in the grass, catching fireflies, those times when you wish that this day and this moment would never end.” Those echoes of heaven are heard throughout Becoming, in the wistful idealism of a young girl’s view of the world to a mother’s joy in watching her children play to the bittersweet farewell to a friend who’s died. Becoming tells a story, the story of Christine Dente. But just as the echoes we hear now serve to remind us of a much bigger heaven than we can imagine, the story told on this CD simply points to its true Author.