Known for Billboard top five-ranked Christian music hits such as "Turn Around," "Your Grace is Enough," and "Lord, I Need You," this contemporary Christian performer and songwriter earned numerous Dove Awards and Canada Covenant Awards from the Gospel Music Association. His popular albums include Alive Again and All the People Said Amen. He transferred from the Memorial University of Newfoundland to Arizona State University and graduated from the latter school with a degree in jazz piano. He released his first major-label recording, The End and the Beginning, in 2001.