Aaron Shust

This Is What We Believe
Centricity Music

Aaron Shust’s newest record, “This Is What We Believe,” produced by Ed Cash, has the feel of a very personal, very integrated collection of worship prayers. Shust attributes this to a difficult time is his family’s life when his 2-year-old son struggled with a rare, extremely painful medical condition. Doctors expected that he would have the condition for life, requiring continuous steroids to manage the pain. When testing came back showing no trace of the disease, Shust was sure that his son and his family had received a miracle. The album, with its soaring praise to God, almost certainly comes from Shust’s response to this miracle.

Masterfully recorded and produced, this record is a worthy continuation of an amazing career of producing excellent Christian music. Shust currently has the most-played song for the last eight years on Christian radio, and several of these new songs may just challenge that record.

I hesitate to name some of the best songs because there truly isn’t a bad one on the record. “This Is What We Believe” is among the best and sets the tone for the entire album. “Your Majesty” is another great one, as is “My Hope Is in You,” written by April Geesbreght.

The new record will be released Aug. 23. If you’ve been a fan of Shust, and even if you haven’t, do yourself a favor and listen to the album. You won’t be disappointed.