Episode 288: Grief, Loss and Showing Hope with Steven Curtis & Mary Beth Chapman

In a career that expands more than 3 decades, Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history. With 60 GMA Dove Awards, 5 Grammy Awards, an American Music Award and a historic 50 Number 1 singles. He has sold more than $17 million albums with 10 certified Gold or Platinum albums to his credit. In 2017, Chapman also became a best selling author with his memoir Between Heaven and the Real World, My Story. In November 2024, Chapman was inducted as a member of the Grand Ole Opry. The first Christian artist in history to hold that honor. He is also the recent recipient of the BMI Icon Award given to him in June 2022. Chapman is the first Christian music song writer to receive the honor joining an elite list that includes: Dolly Pardon, Sting, Paul Simon, Carol King and others.

Mary Beth Chapman, is the co-founder and chairman of the board of Show Hope an internationally recognized nonprofit in adoption advocacy and support. She is also a speaker and a New York Times best selling author, touched and forever transformed by the miracle of adoption, in their own family Mary Beth and Steven founded Show Hope in 2003. With its mission and a care for orphans by engaging the church and reducing the barriers to adoption. Today Show Hope has helped more than 9,300 children from more than 60 countries including the US.

Come home to the love home security and permanency of a family through its cornerstone Adoption Aid Grants program. For nearly 15 years, Show Hope also supported multiple Care Centers in China with an aim to provide care for children with acute medical and special needs—even building, furnishing, and supporting the flagship Care Center, Maria’s Big House of Hope, named in honor of their daughter Maria, who is now with Jesus.

In 2020, building upon its Care Centers Legacy, Show Hope launched its Medical Care grants program to financially assist families with medical expenses for their children welcomed home through adoption. Today, more than 200 children and families have been impacted by the Medical Care grant. Furthermore, Show Hope has helped train and equip more than 155,000 parents, caregivers, church leaders, and professionals in their journeys to care for and serve well the children entrusted to them, and finally, with a focus on the future, Show Hope has engaged and mobilized more than 23,500 students in adoption advocacy and orphan care support work.

College sweethearts who married in 1984, Mary Beth and Steven have six children, their most treasured title is being called “Grammy” and “PopPops” to their seven beautiful grandbabies, whom they love spoiling.

Enjoy our conversation with the delightful Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman.

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