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Andy has a well-deserved reputation for being a hilarious guy?the kind of guy who would originate Bowling Lunch and the American Idol Fantasy League. If you?ve ever seen him perform live, you know that his patter between songs is on the level of a stand-up comic; you laugh even before he starts talking. His funniest songs are among his best-known songs. But underneath all that hilarity is real depth and spiritual sensitivity and a genuine interest in other people?s lives and struggles. At Hutchmoot last year, when Andy and I (Jonathan Rogers) did a session called ?The Gospel Uses of Comedy,? I asked him to play his song ?I Haven?t Either.? Halfway through the song, people were crying laughing. By the end of the song, a few of them were crying crying, moved by the song?s honesty about the realities of living with a broken self.

Maybe this will help: Imagine if the coolest kid you knew in school also happened to be among the most compassionate and wisest and most generous-hearted. Wouldn?t you want to hear his music?