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A Man Sized Bandaid for a God Shaped Hole

Phil can hardly wait for it. It's been a hard day of surgery at the rural relief hospital in South America. One case is weighing heavy on his heart. A young mom was rushed in for an emergency C-section. He hoped to at least save the baby, but despite all of his efforts, both died on his table. Tomorrow, he has a scheduled tumor extraction that doesn't look very promising. It feels like he keeps fighting and losing the same battles over and over. All he wants is to go home and forget the day. He wishes that he was able to talk about it with his wife and kids, but they rarely travel with him to the remote villages.

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Lust and the Desire for Connection

“I don’t know what to do. I try and try, but it just keeps on happening.” Joe said to Mitch, his head held low, “I just get tired at night, and it helps me to relax and fall asleep. I don’t want to look at that stuff on my phone, but it keeps drawing me back in. No one knows about it, but It also doesn’t help that I feel lonely.”

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