Steven Curtis Chapman
Författare till Between Heaven and the Real World: My Story
Om författaren
Steven Curtis Chapman was born in Paducah, Kentucky on November 21, 1962. He is a songwriter and a Contemporary Christian musician. He has won five Grammy awards and 56 Gospel Music Association Dove Awards. He and his wife Mary Beth Chapman founded Show Hope, a nonprofit organization dedicated to visa mer caring for the world's forgotten and abandoned children by providing financial assistance to families wishing to adopt, as well as increasing awareness of the orphan crisis and funneling resources to orphans both domestically and internationally. They also write the Shaoey and Dot series of children's picture books. They have six children, three which were adopted from China. (Bowker Author Biography) visa färre
Verk av Steven Curtis Chapman
My Favorite Christmas: Heartwarming Stories from Ricky Skaggs, Steven Curtis Chapman, Kurt Warner, President Jimmy… (2006) 13 exemplar
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The Best of Steven Curtis Chapman - Updated Edition: Easy Guitar with Notes and Tab (EZ Guitar) (1997) 2 exemplar
Early Years 2 exemplar
Abbey Road sessions The walk 2 exemplar
Video Hits 10 Videos From Top Artists 2 exemplar
LIVE AT BROAD RIVER PRISON 1 exemplar
The Early Years [1995] 1 exemplar
The passion of the Christ songs 1 exemplar
REAL LIFE CONVERSATIONS 1 exemplar
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Chapman Live 1 exemplar
All About Love Limited Edition Cd Single 1 exemplar
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Live 1 exemplar
Listen to our Hearts Vol 2 1 exemplar
The Glorious Unfolding 1 exemplar
O Come, O Come Emmanuel performance track 1 exemplar
The Walk VHS 1 exemplar
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- Födelsedag
- 1962-11-21
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- USA
- Bostadsorter
- Kentucky, USA
Tennessee, USA - Yrken
- singer
composer (songwriter) - Relationer
- Chapman, Mary Beth (wife)
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- Verk
- 85
- Även av
- 3
- Medlemmar
- 1,109
- Popularitet
- #23,170
- Betyg
- 3.7
- Recensioner
- 7
- ISBN
- 60
- Språk
- 3
- Favoritmärkt
- 1
Singer and songwriter Steven Curtis Chapman shares the story of his life so far—childhood, romancing his wife, the road to becoming a household name in Christian music, and the loss of his young daughter. Chapman does not hold back as he tells of doubt, uncertainty, even anger, but also of learning to trust God, to believe He's working even when we can't see it, and to let Him lead the way.
I went into this book knowing that there would be tears involved, considering the circumstances around his loss (I don't know if spoilers are an issue for an autobiography, but I'll still avoid it, just in case), and I'd imagine it would be even more difficult for those who have experienced a similar loss. The emotion is raw, unfiltered, and there's no attempt to cover it up and say "God's got this," since that would be disingenuous to how they were feeling at the time. One thing Chapman points out in this book is that you can know and fully believe that God is good all the time, and that His plan and timing are perfect, but that won't necessarily keep you from feeling completely devastated by a loss, especially when in the immediate moments, days, months, when you're still in shock, reeling, trying to process and figure out how you even take another step forward. This book is certainly not a how-to on picking yourself back up after a devastating loss, trusting in God, and moving forward firmly in His plan, but more a picture of one family's muddled, messy attempts at finding daylight in the utter darkness.
And of course, this was just one chapter of Chapman's and his family's lives (several chapters in the book, though). I appreciated reading about how his earlier life led him to be the man he is and write some of the songs he's written. I was fascinated by some of the stories behind songs that are well known to me. I do wish some of the theology had been delved into a little more deeply, for example the foundational reason that a loving God allows bad things to happen, but in the end, he was sharing his life, not trying to preach a sermon. I was also often disappointed with the picture placement, because pictures would come too early and sort of "give away" something that was coming. It might have just been an issue with the Kindle version, but then some pictures came on time or a little later than the event was discussed, so who knows. (I fully enjoyed the pictures themselves, though.) Overall, it was a deep, at times dark, fascinating read, and think that fans of Steven Curtis Chapman's music will enjoy it, as well as people interested in the behind the scenes of the Christian music industry.… (mer)