With her youngest child, two-year-old Sarah, riding on her hip and a huge German shepherd trailing on her heels, Amy Grant greets visitors at her Tennessee farm with a big smile and lots of southern hospitality. Moving inside the lovely white two-story house, she helps four-year-old Millie with a coloring book project before she begins mixing her favorite fruit juices to create the perfect blend for her guests. Watching Amy in action with her family, it's obvious this is more than a page from Better Homes & Gardens. It's a house of love. And suddenly the title of her new Myrrh CD seems less like a song title and more like the perfect description of her life.

Though the title of her album may describe her domestic and spiritual bliss, Amy's life is much more complex these days than her laid-back demeanor suggests. In addition to the family and friends that stream in and out of her home, there are also journalists from as far away as Japan, Germany and Great Britain who have traveled halfway around the globe for interviews with the woman who has sold nearly 18 million records worldwide, won five grammy awards, 17 Dove awards - including "Artist of the Year" four times - and has performed everywhere from the White House to The Grand Ole Opry to Monday Night Football. She has been to Camp David at the request of President Bush. She has hosted VH1's "Top 21 Countdown," and she was recently an integral part of Vince Gill's highly rated Christmas television special.

It's obvious Amy Grant has taken Christian music and the Christian message to a wider audience and broader platform than any other artist in the contemporary Christian genre. She's opened doors for others to enter by demonstrating the far-reaching appeal of great music with a positive message. That appeal has come from her accessibility and her artistry. Amy has always had a special gift for writing and performing songs that reflect her rich life experiences as a Christian, a wife, a friend and a mother. On her newest CD, House of Love, Amy explores the rich tapestry of emotion that weaves her life together, and shares it in a collection of songs that resonate with energy and passion while revealing her perceptive insights on life, love and grace.

"I feel really settled right now. My family is in full swing. I've got some really simple parameters around my life. Basically, I'm married and have three children, and that spells out how I spend my days," she says of her marriage to singer/songwriter Gary Chapman and their children. I know hard times are going to come - being from a big family you have potential multiplied tragedy, but also multiplied happiness. But these are just really sweet times for me and my whole family. My parents are alive. Gary's parents are alive, and all the siblings and kids; everybody is doing great. We feel very blessed." Family has always been an important part of Amy's life. The youngest of four daughters, she was born in Augusta, Georgia, but grew up in Nashville in a strong Christian home that instilled faith and family values. It was also a family that nurtured their youngest daughter's creative gifts.

By the time she was 16, Amy had released her first album and was well on her way to becoming one of the dominant voices of the contemporary Christian music movement She had a vulnerability in her voice that turned her heartfelt songs of faith and hope into prayers everyone wanted to make their own. Amy's accessibility forged a bond with her audience. That audience has continued to be a part of her musical journey as the talented teen has matured into a wife, mother and, with the release of her last project, a pop music phenomenon.