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A few weeks ago I was in a waiting room at St. Jude hospital. Several Highland members and I were waiting with the Head family as their daughter Carson underwent her second lung surgery. Our large group of pink-shirted people filled the tiny waiting room, with the exception of a few seats.

Two of those remaining seats were filled with a couple from Tulsa, OK. Four years earlier they had lived in the Target House in Memphis for a year while their then thirteen-year-old son underwent seven surgeries for a brain tumor. St. Jude doctors warned the parents that their son Isaac would likely be mentally impaired from the surgeries. They cautioned that Isaac might never walk again. But miraculously, Isaac came through the surgeries with great success. The surgery and treatment completely removed the cancer. And the only significant impact was the paralysis of the left side of this face. The couple was back in Memphis so St. Jude doctors could bring those dead nerves in Isaac’s face back to life.Read More »Circles: Authenticity-Partners in Pain (Matt. 26:36-46) Chris Altrock August 24, 2014