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Steven Curtis Chapman Plans Comeback Following Tragedy
By Christina Quick | June 18, 2008
This weekend will mark one month since Steven Curtis Chapman’s 5-year-old adopted daughter, Maria, was run over and fatally injured in the family’s driveway. (For more on the story, click here.)
Chapman’s manager, Jim Houser, writes on his blog that the tragedy has brought unprecedented traffic to the Christian recording artist’s Web sites. Since the accident, more than $500,000 has been donated to an organization founded by the Chapmans that provides financial aid for foreign adoptions.
Houser says People magazine, which featured the family in a news spot after Maria’s death in May, is planning a follow-up story after receiving positive feedback from readers. Houser recently made the following statement to People: “Through this tragic and difficult time for the family they continue to cling to their faith in God. This faith assures them they will see Maria again, and that God will sustain them through this unimaginable time. Before the loss of Maria, they knew and lived this truth out. Now they press into it and go on with hope.”
What a testimony of grace. Our comfort as Christians is that, no matter what we face, God walks with us every step of the way, providing strength through His presence and hope through His promises.
Chapman’s team announced this week he is planning to return to the stage July 11 to resume his U.S. tour. I can only imagine how tough it might be to go on the road and minister to others while still trying to cope with this loss. Houser asks for continued prayer support for the Chapmans as they face the difficult days and months ahead.
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