1 Folowing it's release in 2002, Love Holds On garnered 3 awards & 7 nominations!

2 Jim Witter (international Curb Records artist) not only co-produced the album with Mark, he also co-wrote Without The Pain--and is singing those prominent BG's!

3 Adam Gregory's drummer, Chad Melchert, drums on many of the tunes & the female background singers on Love Holds On are none other than Stacey and Giselle from Lace.

4 2001 Juno winner Lester Quitzau plays a dobro solo on the last track (Mercy), and 2001 Juno Winner Maria Dunn plays the opening whistle solo on Kingdom of Freedom.

5 Jann Arden's live and studio musicians, Darcy Phillips and Mike Lent, play keyboards and bass respectively.

6 Half the CD was recorded down east in a 200 year old farmhouse The Stonehouse (Darren Walters); the other half, at Barry Allen's Homestead Recorders in Edmonton. Barry is, for the third year in a row, the Prairie Music Award Engineer of the Year.

7 Covenant award winner Lianna Klassen is featured in Kingdom of Freedom with her trademark Celtic vocals.

8 Mark's guitar playing is throughout the CD including the only guitar in As You Are, and the gut string fills on He Turned One.

9 Mark's wife, Lea, sings a duet on the CD on Mind Over Matter and also designed the album (and this website).

10 Mark wrote/co-wrote all the songs on Love Holds On.