Heaven minds - The Washington Times: Culture, etc. The impact of MercyMe's song: "Heaven minds


By Jen Waters
THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Bart Millard has often wondered what it will be like to meet God in heaven. Questions about eternity were especially important to him after his father died of cancer in 1991.
As lead singer of the band MercyMe, he chose to express his struggles through songwriting. Until 1999, when he wrote the hit single 'I Can Only Imagine,' he constantly wrote the title phrase on everything possible, such as scraps of paper and random objects"