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Vince Gill, Amy Grant Open Up on Marriage and Divorce

Following their respective divorces more than a decade ago, Vince Gill and Amy Grant were the subject of endless tabloid fodder. The couple, who will celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary in March, talk candidly in the February issue of Good Housekeeping about the public perception of their early relationship and the lessons they've learned from their second marriages.

"I don't mean this in a flippant way," says Amy when asked about the media scrutiny surrounding her divorce from singer -- and fellow contemporary Christian singer Gary Chapman. "But I was so unconcerned by what somebody who I would never meet wrote in a rag. I felt like I had flipped a car over three medians and I was trying to figure out if my children -- if we all -- still had a pulse."

Vince adds he was concerned about then-teenage daughter Jenny, saying, "When I went through my divorce, there were some things [printed] in certain magazines, and I despised the way it made my kid look. So as a parent, there's a side of you that just builds a wall and says, 'You can ask all you want, but you're not gonna get any of that stuff.'"

Amy also struggled with the perception many fans had of her Christian faith at time, saying, "The toughest thing, as a believer, is to see how Christianity is pigeonholed into this one 'did-you-get-the-memo-on-how-to-vote' kind of thing. I am somebody who feels very spiritually alive, and prayer is an integral part of my daily life, along with confession, worship -- all of those things. But I see how all that's been quantified, and made a caricature of, and I don't want to add to a cultural experience that turns people off."

Of the lessons she's learned since marrying Vince, Amy says, "You get into a second marriage and you go, 'Oh man, some of those weird dynamics, those were just me, and I've just dragged them off to the future! I shouldn't have been so hard on that first chapter!'"

The February issue of Good Housekeeping hits newsstands on Tuesday (Jan 12).

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Ray Brown

Gary,
I have often wondered why she refuses to apologize for what she did??? There are many, as the article says, who have a prayer life, and FEEL like they are in tune with God, however God requires repentance, and so far, as my searches on the subject reveal, she has never issued a public apology. She hurt a LOT of people, and her attitude toward that, from what I have read, is, it is none of their business. Well, I think it is, and I find it perplexing as to why she refuses to be forthright in what she did, ask for forgiveness, then move on. She seems to have moved on without doing the required stuff first. If I am wrong, I would love a link to where she did come out and do the right thing. I am not excusing your roll in what happened originally, but you HAVE confessed, and that is all anyone can ask.

May 16 2011 at 9:08 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
hlljwen

i agree ericabanjo....it seems like you are the only one that gets it. you other bloggers certainly are not drawing the lost to Jesus.

August 20 2010 at 10:00 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rprend

Dear Gary,
I have often wondered what happened to you and have often wanted to hear some new music.
We have always enjoyed your songs. Just a note too, we feel what happened to you and all your family is what happens to so many church going families today. It is a break down of the family and the enemy loves this due to it brings pain, unhappiness and misalignment with the will of what God desires us to be and has created us for.. there is so much I wish I could write but it just would not be appropriate in a thread. I was in your children's shoes, there is light at the other end and what is important is forgiveness in the whole thing which I am sure you have come to do due to it is old stuff. Just know this household loves your music and we want to hear something new from you. You can write your book but know we want to hear your music foremost.
I basically found this thread because I wondered what happened to you.
Remember God is with you! ( an old saying my family has said one to another for years!)

With much sincerity!

July 21 2010 at 2:15 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VMISSVICKIE

To Mr. GARY CHAPMAN, I apologize for my comments about your drug habit and for your performance on TNN. I have no room to judge you because I am not perfect. I hope you will forgive me and I will be reading your book. Thank you for correcting me.

February 11 2010 at 11:58 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Gary Chapman

Thank you, Vickie.
Apology accepted. For years I just tried to ignore it when someone would say the type of things you said but I just can't anymore. The truth matters... even if it hurts.
Thank you again and I wish you all the best.
G

February 19 2010 at 1:20 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ladycascadia

VMISSVICKIE, Joanne isn't down on Christian people...only the hypocrites who say one thing and do another, and let's face Christianity has some very high profile and all too visible hypocrites in it like Amy Grant, Gov. Sanford of SC and others. Thing is: those people put themselves out there instead keeping their religion as a personal thing...so if they get "judged" or told the truth about, then it's no one's fault but their own.

January 13 2010 at 9:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ladycascadia

Amy and Vince aren't telling the whole story. Why doesn't the magazine interview their exes and find out how those two were having an affair WHILE still married to the other spouses? And the last time I looked at the Bible, thou shalt not commit adultery was part of the Ten Commandments!

January 13 2010 at 9:04 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
ladycascadia

Amy Grant has never admitted she is a HOMEWRECKER...and apparently she never will! Sad. Well, she'll have to account to God for that, won't she?

January 13 2010 at 9:02 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VMISSVICKIE

Joanne what's up with being down on Christian people? Who said your going to hell if your divorced? Maybe if you have some spare time you should go find a bible and read how Jesus really felt about divorce. He hated it but there were some reasons he allowed it. Did you walk in these peoples shoes. I didn't think so. Were you married to a drug addict, alcoholic or an abuser? Why should anyone stay in a dangerous environment with their children whether they are christian or nonchristian. I am so tired of people whining about Christians and what they believe and what they do. They have just as much right to have the freedom to live their lives the way they think as you do right or wrong. We all will pay our dues so I say worry about yourself and that will be a fulltime job and you won't have time to worry about how anyone else is.

January 11 2010 at 9:42 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VMISSVICKIE

I thought if the comments had nothing to do with the topic they would be removed. What are these dating ads still doing on here? I tried to post a comment and it didnt go through

January 11 2010 at 9:36 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
VMISSVICKIE

what's up with the dating ads?

January 11 2010 at 9:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply