I got to know Bob Shennett, a member of our church, Crossing Community Church in Newtown, Pennsylvania. We and our spouses began meeting regularly to write music and prepare for ministering with our songs on Sunday mornings and wherever else God led us. Eventually, in 1999, the songs became the project Children of Light. We called ourselves “Stand”—the support Christians can give each other to shine as “the light of the world” (Matthew 5:14-16).