GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA: Episode 209: “Meet Mary Beth Chapman, Wife of Steven Curtis Chapman”

“Let God Lead the Way”

What You Need To Know:

The last episode of Season 2 of GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA, airing on UPtv, is an interview with Mary Beth Chapman, wife of acclaimed Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman. Mary Beth shares her family’s story of faith, family, adoption, and finding hope in Jesus through times of rising joy and profound loss. As Steven’s musical career took off, they had three children, two sons and one daughter. At their 11-year-old daughter’s instigation, they adopted three Chinese girls and started an adoption ministry. Sadly, one adopted daughter died during an unexpected home accident in 2008.

This GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA episode with Mary Beth Chapman will give viewers smiles, tears and lots of inspiration for their daily walk with God. The Chapman family has never erased the memory and heartbreak of tragedy that’s become part of their story. However, they’ve learned to rely on prayer and to hope in Jesus. Also, their story gives them a chance to minister to other people. Finally, Mary Beth clearly gets lots of joy from family and experiencing the lives of her children and grandchildren.

Content:

(CCC, BBB, M):

Dominant Worldview and Other Worldview Content/Elements:

Very strong Christian, biblical, moral worldview discusses faith, family and fame, with discussion of grief, ministering to others and helping people who want to adopt

Foul Language:

No foul language, but there’s a reference to “the poop emoji”

Violence:

No depicted violence (there’s a reference to a close friend being killed in a school shooting and the death of a young child in a tragic accident, but details are not related)

Sex:

No sex

Nudity:

No nudity, but woman mentions her rock singing son doing crowd-surfing with his shirt off during his concerts

Alcohol Use:

No alcohol references

Smoking and/or Drug Use and Abuse:

No smoking or drug references; and,

Miscellaneous Immorality:

Nothing objectionable.

More Detail:

The last episode of Season 2 of GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA, airing June 6on UPtv, is an interview with Mary Beth Chapman, wife of acclaimed Christian music artist Steven Curtis Chapman, by the show’s host, Jennifer Vickery Smith, where Mary Beth shares her and her husband’s story of faith, family, adoption, and finding hope in Jesus through times of both rising joy and profound loss. This GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA episode with Mary Beth Chapman will give viewers smiles, tears and lots of inspiration for their daily walk with God.

In the interview, Mary Beth discusses the joy her family has in being together, her joy at seeing her sons Caleb and Will perform for the fans to their band, Colony House, and the profound grief they suffered when their 5-year-old adopted daughter, Maria Sue, sadly died during a tragic home accident in 2008. She says the power of the Holy Spirit and the power of people’s payers sustained them during that tragic time. Also, she went to Jesus for healing and relied on the hope He provided them.

Mary Beth also discusses how she and her husband decided to make adoption such a big focus of their public ministry. When their daughter, Emily, was 11, Mary Beth and Emily visited the impoverished island nation of Haiti. Seeing the needy children there inspired Emily to challenge her parents to adopt. As a result, Mary Beth says she and her husband and family put the issue before the Lord, and He was the One who led the way for it to happen, one miraculous step at a time.

This GOT IT FROM MY MOMMA episode with Mary Beth Chapman will give viewers smiles, tears and lots of inspiration for their daily walk with God. As the interview shows, the Chapman family has never erased the memory and heartbreak of tragedy that’s become part of their story. However, they’ve learned to rely on prayer and the hope that Jesus brings. Also, their story gives them a chance to minister to other people suffering the loss of a child and to help people who want to adopt. Finally, Mary Beth clearly gets lots of joy from her family, including watching the lives of her children and grandchildren blossom.