Editing Randy Travis (section)

===2003{{ndash}}2007: Continued gospel albums===
His next gospel album was 2003's ''[[Worship & Faith]]''. Unlike the previous projects, it included 20 acoustic covers of existing praise songs and hymns.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/645857841/ | title=Raise your glass to the top 40 drinkin' songs | work=[[The Charlotte Observer]] | date=November 9, 2003 | accessdate=January 19, 2024 | author=Mark Price | page=5H}}</ref> Among the tracks included were "[[In the Garden (1912 song)|In the Garden]]", "[[How Great Thou Art]]", "[[Peace in the Valley]]", and "[[I'll Fly Away]]". Jurek called the album "direct, unfiltered, hard-line gospel at its best, by a master" in a review for AllMusic.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/worship-faith-mw0000694185 | title=''Worship & Faith'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=January 19, 2024 | author=Thom Jurek}}</ref> ''Worship & Faith'' also became a gold album,<ref name="riaa"/> and accounted for his second consecutive Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.<ref name="grammy"/> A year later he released ''[[Passing Through (Randy Travis album)|Passing Through]]''.<ref name="allmusic"/> This album accounted for his last solo chart singles until 2024, "Four Walls" and "Angels".{{sfn|Travis|Abraham|2019|pages=152, 153}} The latter was Travis's 50th entry on the chart.{{sfn|Whitburn|2017|pages=365, 366}} Co-writers on the album included [[Jamie O'Hara (singer)|Jamie O'Hara]], Dennis Linde, Sharon Vaughn, and Travis.<ref name="passing"/> "Four Walls" was previously cut by [[Keith Harling]],<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/bring-it-on-mw0000255108 | title=''Bring It On'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=February 2, 2024 | author=William Ruhlmann}}</ref> while the album track "That Was Us" was previously recorded by both [[Tracy Lawrence]] and [[Chad Brock]], whose version was a single in 2003.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/tracy-lawrence-mw0000015142 | title=''Tracy Lawrence'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=February 2, 2024 | author=Liana Jonas}}</ref><ref name="passing"/>{{sfn|Whitburn|2017|p=53}} Erlewine wrote of ''Passing Through'', "It's inspirational music in the purest sense{{emdash}}it doesn't preach, it instructs and inspires through its carefully observed tales."<ref name="passing">{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/passing-through-mw0000261323 | title=''Passing Through'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=February 2, 2024 | author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> Travis received a star on the [[Hollywood Walk of Fame]] in September 2004.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://theboot.com/randy-travis-star-hollywood-walk-of-fame/ | title=19 years ago: Randy Travis receives a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame | publisher=[[The Boot (website)|The Boot]] | date=September 29, 2023 | accessdate=December 17, 2024}}</ref>

In 2005, Travis released another gospel album, ''[[Glory Train: Songs of Faith, Worship, and Praise]]''.<ref name="allmusic"/> It, too, won a Grammy Award for Best Southern, Country or Bluegrass Gospel Album.<ref name="grammy"/> Some tracks on the project included backing vocals from [[the Blind Boys of Alabama]]. Unlike the previous albums, it contained a mix of Black spirituals and [[contemporary Christian music]] such as [[Darlene Zschech]]'s "[[Shout to the Lord]]". Erlewine thought the inclusion of such material made it "Travis's best gospel album to date".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/glory-train-mw0000397299 | title=''Glory Train'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=January 20, 2024 | author=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref> Writing for ''[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]]'', Nick Marino praised Travis's "[[blues]]y" vocals and the variety of songs.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/422879110/ | title=Randy Travis still covering sacred ground | work=[[The Atlanta Journal-Constitution]] | date=October 25, 2005 | accessdate=January 20, 2024 | author=Nick Marino | page=E12}}</ref> Altogether, Travis's first four gospel albums each won the Dove Award for Country Album of the Year, accounting for a streak of four consecutive wins in that category from 2003 to 2006.<ref name="dove"/> Also in 2006, Travis began recording footage for a Christmas DVD titled ''Christmas on the Pecos''. This footage consisted of him singing Christmas songs and reading [[Helen Steiner Rice]]'s poem "The Christmas Guest" inside the Big Room, a cavern at [[Carlsbad Caverns National Park]].{{sfn|Travis|Abraham|2019|pages=160, 161}}<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/longview-news-journal/162953992/ | title=Randy Travis to sing inside cave at Carlsbad Caverns | work=Longview News-Journal | date=May 2, 2006 | accessdate=January 20, 2024 | page=2A}}</ref> Some of the performances also included vocal accompaniment from the choir of the Carlsbad First Baptist Church. The DVD was released in late 2006.{{sfn|Travis|Abraham|2019|pages=160, 161}} Another Christmas project, the album ''[[Songs of the Season]]'', followed in 2007.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/songs-of-the-season-mw0000486035 | title=''Songs of the Season'' | publisher=AllMusic | accessdate=January 20, 2024}}</ref>