Genre: Christmas, Pop/Rock, Worship
For fans of: Alanis Morrisette, Evanescence, Natasha Bedingfield, Kelly Clarkson, Avril Lavigne
Label: Forefront/EMI

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Wide open … my life is now. I hide no more behind the mask And what you seeis what I am It's reality.

With If I Had One Chance To Tell You Something—as in no other collection she's assembled before it, Rebecca St. James opens up and writes the most personal and honest lyrics of her career. The new album invites listeners to hear her truest, most intimate recording to date—a daring soul-reflection of a modern young woman that is strong, committed, and still fully dependent upon her God.

"For a long time I thought—'I've got to buck up and be strong. I've got to put on a brave face—and get through this near burn-out or that discouraging time in my life,'" Rebecca speaks of the inspiration behind her new record. "God has really seriously changed my thinking on this. When you take off the mask, you relate at a base level to everyone else who has been through pain—and everyone has. Honesty promotes intimacy and promotes us together relying on God. True honesty is beautiful."

This revelation is just one of the many Rebecca experienced while on a personal journey of her own—a retreat she took in late 2004 to L'Abri, situated deep within the towering beauty of the Swiss Alps. A study center founded in 1955 by theologian/philosopher Francis Schaeffer and his wife Edith, L'Abri welcomes Christians and non-Christians alike to come and seek honest answers about God and the meaning of life. There, Rebecca's life took on yet a deeper purpose. She was, as she says, 'reborn' into a more intimate relationship with the God she has loved and served.

"My month there was so inspiring—personally, spiritually, and creatively," she recalls. "God did an amazing amount of 'heart make-over' on me while I was at L'Abri. I think there's a feeling and an undertone of depth and vulnerability on this new album that I think largely came from this experience."

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