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Described by one fan as 'deep poetry cradled in rich musicality,' the music of Tara and Eric Park is as tuneful as it is tender and as deep as it is dramatic. 'Mixed Metaphors' resonates powerfully with both musical breadth and lyrical precision. From the playful song 'Twenty-one Hours' (which gives vibrant musical expression to the preciousness of even the seemingly ordinary hours, minutes, and seconds of the everyday journey) and the deeply moving 'Always Hope' (which calls to mind the conviction that even our deepest hurt is woven into a redemptive tapestry that is not yet completed), this CD is relentlessly engaging and thought-provoking. As exceptional as the music is, even more meaningful is the fact that every dollar raised from the sale of this CD will go directly to support an important and life-giving ministry called 'Eighth Avenue Place.' Located in Homestead, Pennsylvania (in the heart of Pittsburgh's "Steel Valley"), Eighth Avenue Place is a unique Christian community in which people living on the streets have coffee with suburbanites; in which people with divergent narratives and diverse racial and ethnic identities find themselves at the same table, worshiping and breaking bread; in which marginalized, disenfranchised, and addicted people often find themselves drawn more deeply into recovery, healing, and authentic relationships. That is Eighth Avenue Place. Through it's professional counseling ministry, it's addiction recovery ministry, it's care for the homeless, it's work in community development, and it's dual commitment to Christian piety and holistic social justice, Eighth Avenue Place creates an always-welcoming "sanctuary" in which wandering souls might worship, pray, seek, weep, laugh, love, and be loved. By purchasing this CD, you are helping to support a ministry through which God is accomplishing substantive transformation both in the lives of individuals and in a portion of the city of Pittsburgh.
