A United Methodist Church had invited me to sing as part of their 10th anniversary celebration of the congregation declaring itself "Reconciling". In the UMC denomination, "reconciling" means that the congregation publicly declares that it is "open and affirming" to members of the GLBT community, as well as other individuals and groups. In choosing songs for the concert, I selected an older one that I had not sung in years called "Out in this World". It was the title track to the first CD I had released as an "out" artist, and I thought it would be a good match given the purpose for the event. As I sang the song for them that evening, it occured to me that it had been 10 years since I had written and recorded that song. In a way, it was an anniversary for me as well. So, part of the purpose of this compilation CD is to celebrate. It's been 10 years since I "came out" as an artist, followed a few years later by the release of my fi...