Posts by Bethany Briley
Fueling Your Heart
Lily Catlett has been connected to Show Hope for almost her entire life. Now a senior in high school, Lily was born in China and spent time at Maria’s Big House of Hope. Lily was adopted at 2 years old and has since attended every Care Centers reunion hosted by Show Hope. At the most…
Read MoreLong Hollow Church: The Sky’s the Limit
Orphan care is more than a mission for Joey Watson and his wife, Kellyn. For them, he said it’s a calling. “We’ve been adoptive parents now for over a decade and have handled a lot of behaviors and trauma that comes with that,” Joey said, “Our youngest son has special needs, and so we have…
Read MoreHe Will Provide
Elizabeth and Jon McGlathery stepped into adopting their third son, Noah, knowing he lived with medical needs. They said the possibility of receiving a Show Hope Medical Care grant madethe financial weight of their yes feel a bit lighter. “We felt clearly the Lord called us to grow our family solely through adoption, and we…
Read MoreRight Where I Belong
Mackenzie Johnson grew up in a large family. She is one of 10 siblings, and she is no stranger to the beautiful and hard things about adoption. Her two younger sisters are adopted, and her family fostered many others before them. “I understood from a young age that for a variety of reasons, not all…
Read MoreStill … Speechless
From Our Executive Director … Dear friends, As we move into summertime and wind down another fiscal year (which ends June 30), can I just say, There is so much to celebrate in the life of Show Hope!!!? Mary Beth and Steven wrote about approaching the milestone of impacting 10,000 children with a Show Hope…
Read MoreA Letter From Our Founders
Dear Friends, Twenty-three years in, and the work of Show Hope … the stories … the families … they still leave us Speechless. That God chose us to plant a seed that would grow into a flourishing tree is so humbling. The mission of Show Hope is rooted in the conviction that every child deserves…
Read MoreHonoring Maria Sue Chapman
Maria Sue Chapman, the youngest daughter of Show Hope Founders Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, was adopted from China in 2004. As the youngest of the family, Maria was always full of energy, and Mary Beth and Steven know their family would never have been complete without her. She was always quick to greet…
Read MoreShow Hope Book Club: Loving God
Loving God “‘Loving God’ by Chuck Colson is a classic in my opinion. Introduced to me by Show Hope Founders Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, I appreciate how Colson uses his personal storytelling and narrative—so fascinating, by the way!—to unpack the beauty of, ‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart…
Read MoreHow You Can Make a Difference in Foster Care
May is National Foster Care Month—an opportunity to raise awareness about the needs of children and youth in need of permanent families and supporting kinship caregivers, foster parents, and child welfare professionals.
Read MoreMeet the Crawford Family
Every April, the entire Show Hope team, alongside our Founders, Mary Beth and Steven Curtis Chapman, works to raise money for our cornerstone work, Adoption Aid grants. To date, nearly 10,000 children have been impacted by a Show Hope Adoption Aid, and while that is certainly much to celebrate, there is still work to be…
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