I just returned to the office after a brief opportunity worth blogging about.

This afternoon I was privileged to lead the Mukwonago High School Indians football chapel! Being that tonight is Homecoming, I’m even more-honored to have been asked to briefly deliver devotions at a chapel before such a high-profile game, too!

I talked briefly on the very-familiar passage in Isaiah 40 about those who put their hope in the Lord soaring on wings like eagles. I learned some things about eagles this week thanks to Jill Briscoe – and I, in turn, shared those with the guys!

#1 – Eagles “molt”. They remove the old feathers to allow the new feathers to grow in.
Our Indians are 1-5 going into tonight, so the obvious correlation makes sense.

#2 – Eagles “ride thermals”. They use something that is “against them” to take them higher.
The nods I received while talking today makes me think the guys “get it”.

Thanks to two of my students who co-captain the team and the coaches for allowing me the opportunity that I so enjoyed this afternoon!

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Tomorrow: brunch from “The Fish” (local Milwaukee Christian Radio station)
Thursday: Donald Miller and the Robbie Seay Band at Elmbrook in Waukesha
Friday: speaking at the Mukwonago High School football chapel
Saturday: chaperoning the Mukwonago High School Homecoming Dance

yowsers.

It’s been such a busy week that I haven’t found (taken?) time to post an update on what happened earlier this week! (Thanks, Sher for the “friendly” reminder).

On Tuesday Jess was feeling well enough to be left home-alone while Ella and I ventured out for a quick-trip to Naperville where my folks from Pennsylvania were visiting my sister, Sherilyn for her birthday! Ella and I had a fantastic trip together and enjoyed visiting with my family very much. Ella loved being able to be surrounded by the young girls that Sherilyn is the Nanny of there in Naperville.

More pictures from the trip to Naperville are here.

On Wednesday, I was able to take Jess to get her CT Scan that revealed a for-sure kidney stone that is apparently still attached to her Kidney – NOT the source of her pain. Jess had an appointment with a Urologist in Waukesha yesterday and was told that he thinks she may have already passed a stone during her most-painful days and that they will be taking another CT Scan next week and a follow-up visit with the Urologist to see how things are going!

Jess is feeling much better these days, though she is very sore from the extreme pain that she did have in her side during those difficult days! Continue to pray for her as we sort through these days and weeks!

We had 6-entries into the talent portion of the evening with a group of girls that called themselves the “Culvers Clik” winning the overall competition. It was a night of laughs and some serious worship-through-music with Atlantic.

I know our students will be talking about this event for a long time!