Reviewed by Stella Redburn

British singer, songwriter, pianist and worship leader Lewis has travelled widely. In fact, this album was recorded at Hatfield Christian Church, Pretoria, South Africa. Richard uses some of the talented musicians from there: I particularly loved the wonderful lead guitar solos from Luke Van Der Merwe. "You Deserve It All" is a very measured opening track, which really builds to reflect the majesty of heavenly worship. There is a small choir but you can hardly hear them. The title track continues in the same theme, but with an interesting guitar riff. "Holy" is a great song but it would have been nice to hear the congregation who we assume are getting swept up in worship. The track is sub-titled "Spontaneous Song" and is preceded by "Selah". "Favour Unending" is a beautiful song, but being live it comes across as rather long while "Selah 2 - Hosannah!" is another instrumental interlude. The one-time Music Director at Kensington Temple is clearly a gifted musician but it is the invigorating "This Is The Day" featuring a vocal from Ezile Selibi which is, for me, the standout track.

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