====== Strong Hand of Love: A Tribute to Mark Heard ======

| **Year:** | 1994 |
| **Genre:** | Americana / Folk Rock / Alternative Rock |
| **Label:** | [[Myrrh Records]] (‎7016979385) |
| **Producer:** | [[Dan Russell]] |

Recorded and released in 1994, after [[Mark Heard]]'s death in 1992. Proceeds benefit the Heard Family Fund.

In 1994, with [[Dan Russell]] as producer, the album was nominated for a Grammy in the Rock Gospel section.

In 1996, most of these tracks and many more were re-released as the 2-CD //[[Orphans of God|Orphans of God]]//. One song, Phil Keaggy's version of "I Always Do", was replaced by his version of "Everything is Alright." Two tracks were dropped completely for space on //Orphans//: "Castaway" by Bruce Carroll and "How to Grow Up Big and Strong" by Rich Mullins.

==== Track Listing ====

  - Kevin Max Smith - "Lonely Moon"
  - [[Michael Been]] - "We Know Too Much"
  - [[Dan Russell]] - "I Just Wanna Get Warm"
  - Bruce Cockburn - "Strong Hand of Love"
  - Kate Taylor - "Satellite Sky"
  - Phil Keaggy - "I Always Do"
  - [[Pierce Pettis]] - "Nod Over Coffee"
  - Victoria Williams - "What Kind of Friend"
  - Bruce Carroll - "Castaway"
  - Rich Mullins - "How to Grow Up Big and Strong"
  - Ashley Cleveland - "It's Not Your Fault"
  - [[Tonio K]] - "Another Day in Limbo"
  - [[Randy Stonehill]] & Pam Dwinell Miner - "Look Over Your Shoulder"
  - [[Vigilantes of Love]] - "Freight Train to Nowhere"
  - [[The Choir]] - "Tip of My Tongue"
  - Buddy and Julie Miller - "Orphans of God"
  - [[Chagall Guevara]] - "Treasure of the Broken Land"

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