We weep with those who weep, grieving, but not as those who have no hope.
News from last night: Steven Curtis Chapman’s youngest child died Wednesday evening after being struck by a car driven by her teenage brother in the driveway of the family’s Williamson County home.
Maria, one of the Christian singer’s six children, was taken by LifeFlight to Vanderbilt Hospital, which confirmed the death, according to Laura McPherson, a spokeswoman for the Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The 5-year-old was hit by an SUV. . . .
Singer/songwriter Chapman, who recently was inducted into Music City Walk of Fame, is one of contemporary Christian music’s most recognizable and most awarded names.
He and his wife, Mary Beth, have long been supporters of international adoption, having brought three girls from China into their family. Maria was the youngest.
[…] I wonder if people like Heath Ledger, Tim Russert, and Tony Snow heard about Dr. Pausch and thought they would outlive him? I wonder if Steven Curtis Chapman heard about him and considered his own mortality—or that of his daughter? […]