That Dent In My Head Reminds Me

Reflections on a brain tumor

One sunny Sunday afternoon I woke up from a nap unable to control my left leg . . . a grand mal seizure rocked my world. I found out that I had a tennis ball sized brain tumor pushing against the control center deep in my brain.

Funny thing. I never once worried about it. I probably should have. The surgeon said I might have to relearn how to walk and talk . . . not something a pastor can easily live with. Maybe life altering problems to deal with. But neither of those things happened. Two days after the surgery I walked into a Mexican restaurant in Decatur, IN to eat lunch with my family. I enjoyed a full recovery.

I figured that God wasn’t finished with me yet. And the dent reminds me that He still isn’t.

As founding Pastor of The Bridge Community Church and Executive Director of Mo Hodge Ministries, Mo resources Pastors and Leaders in the area of leadership development. He enables Pastors and leaders in the following areas: Developing Teams, Church Growth, Church Planting, Discipleship Multiplication, Nonprofit Organizational Management, Multi-site Church Development, Public Speaking, Capital Campaigns, and Sr. Pastor Succession. Mo and his wife, Nancy, live in Anderson, IN with their children and grandchildren. Though retired, Mo is still active in ministry, preaching, teaching, and planting new churches wherever the Lord leads. You can follow him through his Newsletter. 

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