Songsmith Andrew Peterson has major hit with 'Counting Stars' album

LONG ESTABLISHED acoustic singer/songwriter Andrew Peterson is currently enjoying his biggest ever US hit. Andrew's 'Counting Stars' album entered Billboard's Christian Albums Chart at number six and has reached number one on the on iTunes Christian Albums Chart. One of the successful songs on the project is "Dancing In The Minefields". Said Peterson, "In December of 2009 my wife and I celebrated fifteen years of marriage. Three days later, we got in a silly argument and I wrote this song after she went to bed. Marriage, see, was God's idea. It's one of the most potent metaphors in all of Scripture for the way God loves us and the way we're to let ourselves be loved by Him. But that doesn't mean it's easy. To the contrary, it's fraught with peril. Any good marriage involves a thousand deaths to self-the good news is, a godly marriage involves at least as many resurrections. We lay our lives down and enter this perilous dance with another human being who has done the same. Why should we expect to emerge unscathed? The wounds bear testimony to the great power of grace. If I had had any idea what I was getting into 15 years ago I wouldn't have walked the aisle-I'd have run down it."