Description:In this episode of The Gift of Need, Jude welcomes Kevin Chandler, author and co-author of The Hospitality of Need: How Depending on One Another Helps Us Heal and Grow Together. Kevin shares his personal story of living with spinal muscular atrophy, his experiences of community care, and how vulnerability and interdependence can create deep, life-giving friendships. Together, they explore how needs—often seen as burdens—can instead become opportunities for connection, healing, and joy.
We talk about:• Kevin’s journey growing up with spinal muscular atrophy and the gift of friendship• The story behind his first book We Carry Kevan and the adventure that inspired it• The heart of The Hospitality of Need and how our needs can foster growth and healing• The balance between seeing need as a burden, an idol, or an opportunity• How friendship is strengthened not in spite of needs, but through them
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Music Credit: Gabe Kubanda / Damn Plans (Instrumental) © 2021 Kubanda Music
Engineer: Ray Ingegneri, Third Street Productions, Tucson, AZ
