Testimonies from You

The Hospitality of Need is all about caring for one another and seeing our needs, not as barriers or burdens, but as tools to grow deeper in fellowship with one another and with God.

We would love to hear from you! If you have read the book, please take some time to consider how you have experienced the hospitality of need in your own life and community. Then share your story with us here in the comments, and see what others have said as well. If you haven’t read the book yet, we would love for you to pick up a copy and join the conversation. In the meantime, please feel free to read through the comments below. We hope you are encouraged by these testimonies.

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From your friends,

Kevan Chandler and Tommy Shelton
Authors of The Hospitality of Need

35 responses to “Testimonies from You”

Rawlin

May 8, 2025

As the crisp crackling popped through my stethoscope, my healthcare background suspected pneumonia. The labored rising and falling of Kevan’s chest signaled what was happening inside on a deeper, cellular level. A lung infection is serious. But for my friend Kevan, with spinal muscular atrophy, it is grave danger. I finished listening to him, advised he seek further medical care, and prayed for his lungs.

Later, as my dry heaves and wet tears flooded his floor and his hands, Kevan auscultated to what was left of my heart. My wife of 10 years left abruptly with the deadly ping of a text message. My terminal condition lay underneath. “A crushed spirit who can bear?” (Proverbs 18:14). A heart breaking makes a sound rarely heard save by those in the field of hospitality. Kevan listened to me, offered me a bed to stay a night, and prayed for my heart. The sharing of common interests offers us friendship, but the sharing of our mutual needs sutures uncommon fellowship.

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Through engaging real-life stories, Kevan Chandler and Tommy Shelton share what can happen when we invite others into our lives—hardships and all. Ultimately, this is a book about friendship . . . the kind that God has called us to live in . . . friendship that goes deep and flourishes, not in spite of our needs but actually through them.

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