Still Here - by Steven Curtis Chapman & Mary Beth Chapman (Hardcover)

About the Book

Steven and Mary Beth Chapman, long-time beloved Christian leaders through music and beyond, write a book about marriage that walks through the highs and lows of their story, encouraging readers to build strong marriages on the foundation of Christ.

Book Synopsis

Even before charting his fiftieth #1 single in 2023, Steven Curtis Chapman's long career in Christian music had become historic by any measure. And yet, together for more than forty years with his wife, Mary Beth, the Chapmans have become as known and beloved for their devotion to marriage and family than for all the songs that made him a household name.

Still Here is Steven and Mary Beth, writing as a couple for the first time, reflecting on what's gone so right, and gone so wrong, and has kept them going on at times when they thought they were going under. Brimming with relatable honesty and transparency, they share without filter many of the regrets and conflicts they've each brought into their uncommon life, as well as the determined commitment to persevere that has kept love alive into their fifth decade of marriage.

Yet, as much as their book is an inside memoir, it's even more an insightful selection of hard-fought lessons learned, of the wisdom they've gained and the unwise expectations they've tried to lose. This book is their take on marriage, on parenting, on the lives we live and the promises we make, on the joys that are ours to be had and the forfeits that none of us want left around to hurt us. The Chapman's story, like all our stories, is one of total dependence on God's grace and goodness, on his faithfulness and forgiveness, and on his readiness to redeem every outbreak of brokenness, on all our journeys home.

About the Author

Steven Curtis Chapman is the most awarded artist in Christian music history: 59 Gospel Music Association (GMA) Dove Awards, five Grammy Awards, an American Music Award, and a total of ten certified Gold or Platinum albums throughout a career spanning more than three decades. He is also the first Christian music songwriter to receive the prestigious BMI Icon Award, joining a truly elite list of generational talents (Dolly Parton, Paul Simon, Sting, Carole King, others), and was recently welcomed into the circle as an official member of the Grand Ole Opry.

Mary Beth Chapman is the cofounder and chairman of the board of Show Hope, an internationally recognized nonprofit organization dedicated to adoption advocacy and support. Among its many initiatives, Show Hope has helped nearly 9,000 children come home to the love, security, and permanency of a family, by engaging the church and reducing barriers to adoption. She holds an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Anderson University and was recently inducted into the Adoption Hall of Fame by the National Council for Adoption.

The Chapmans
Individually, Steven and Mary Beth are already bestselling authors (Heaven in the Real World, Choosing to See), and together, they are parents to six children, as well as Grammy and PopPops to their seven adorable grandchildren.