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LIFE ROCKS ~ Bonus Rocks @ DC!

Here is a copy of Cole's Family Dream Session. 

Is. 32:8 - A noble man, makes noble plans and by his noble deeds he stands.

Dream on FAMILIES!!!

Another picture of why I love our DC staff!

Pastor Mike ~ cleaning lights on a Saturday afternoon so families Sunday morning can have a better view of God!

Cousins w/ the BIG DOG!

Parenting Rocks!

Wagan Train
Originally uploaded by DiscoveryChurchTodd

This Sunday morning at Discovery Church ~ PARENTING ROCKS!

We will study Ephesians 6 ~ get here @ 9 / 10:30 / 11:45am!

I'm the same age as EMAIL!!!

Internet messages started with a crash 40 years ago today, and life hasn't been the same since. “We transmitted the ‘L’ … and the ‘O’ — and then the other computer crashed,” says UCLA's Leonard Kleinrock, who helped send that first message on the university's campus on Oct. 29, 1969. He was trying to type the word "login."

The Race

The Race
Originally uploaded by DiscoveryChurchTodd

To be a child again ...

U2 spaceship church tonight @ Rosebowl

LIFE ROCKS - Marriage!

This weekend at Discovery ~ MARRIAGE ROCKS!

Seriously - you gotta come.

Is there anything more that our society needs than wise counsel on marriage?

This weekend we will open to Ephesians chapter five ...

And it's gonna ROCK!

9am - 10:30am - 11:45am

LIFE ROCKS - Dating

WHEW!

This weekend at Discovery is going to be SMOKIN' HOT as we continue our study on the book of Ephesians.

This week will be chapter 5 & the topic is dating!

I cannot wait to unpack Gods Word & expose how relevant it truly is to our culture and lives.

See you Sunday at 9am, 10:30am or 11:45am!

Rules for Dating my Daughter

This Sunday we will continue our study in Ephesians called LIFE ROCKS - our topic will be DATING ROCKS from Eph. 5:1-22.

Here is a list that won't make the sermon this weekend but it's pretty stinkin' funny!

Rule One: 
If you pull into my driveway and honk, you'd better be delivering a package, because you're sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two: 
You do not touch my daughter in front of me. You may glance at her, so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck. If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter's body, I will remove them. 

Rule Three: 
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips. Please don't take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots. Still, I want to be fair and open-minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist. 

Rule Four:  
I'm sure you've been told that in today's world, sex without utilizing a 'Barrier method' of some kind can kill you. Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you. 

Rule Five: 
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow with many opportunities to date other girls. This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter. Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you. If you make her cry, I will make you cry. 

Rule Six: 
The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: 
• Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool. 
• Places where there is darkness. 
• Places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness. 
• Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear
shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose
down parka - zipped up to her throat. 
• Movies with strong romantic or sexual themes are to be avoided; movies which feature
chain saws are okay. 
• Hockey games are okay. Old folks’ homes are better. 

LIFE ROCKS - Friendship

This weekend at Discovery we continue our study on the book of Ephesians.

Our topic will be "FRIENDSHIP" and how you move from friendships that are on the rocks to friendships that ROCK!

Join us at 9am - 10:30am - 11:45am

If you are sitting in the Connected Community area of the DC auditorium you can make a comment on this blog post for all to see - during the message!

Catalyst - 35ft high into 12inches of water!

Tony Dungy @ Catalyst

Catalyst Session One

Behind the scenes - DC staff video shoot!

LIFE ROCKS - Family

This weekend at Discovery we dig into Ephesians chapter four ...

How do you move from a "family on the rocks" to a "family that rocks!?"

That is our study tomorrow from God's Word!

Don't miss it ...

And don't leave early as you don't want to miss the event at the end of the message!

Daddy & son day at Universal!

LIFE ROCKS

How does a person move from a "life on the rocks" to a "life that rocks?"

That is our study this weekend at Discovery!

Don't miss it at 9am - 10:30am and 11:45am

Is Confidence Transferable?

This past weekend I was at a retreat that was FULL of incredibly gifted artists. 
My chosen art form for the weekend was photography but there was also dance, music, painting, spoken word, fashion and so on.

Most of the participants were between the ages of 20 and 30, I am nearly 40! 

One of my greatest learning’s over the weekend was the dichotomy of confidence between these young leaders and myself.

On one hand, these young artists were so talented but simultaneously so many of them lacked any confidence in their giftedness. 
On the other hand, how untalented I really am in the art of photography but how I exuded confidence!

I began to wonder … what causes me to be so confident, arguably irrationally confident, even in the midst of my mediocre talent.

I had to go back to my previous successes in life.  For instance, from an early age I experienced great success in sports.  I think that my success in sports created a confidence that I have later transferred to church planting, marriage, leadership, writing, speaking and most recently photography at the weekend retreat!

I think my early success created confidence that is portable.

Realizing this my mind immediately went to my children / our children.

Maybe one of the greatest things we can do for our children & the children of others is to celebrate their success.

Any successes.  Even if they are not succeeding in an area that we wish they would!

Even if the success seems insignificant or irrelevant.  Celebrate it!

Because some day this seemingly irrelevant success in one area will become portable and create confidence in another area that really matters.

Funny how being good at sports in junior high can also make me a “great” photographer at 40!

Our Future History @ DC

This weekend at Discovery I am going to be sharing about the history & future of Discovery.

I do not yet know the full message but as I mentioned two weeks ago I am committed to being more open to His "promptings" than I am tied to my "plans!"

Trusting in God's wisdom & words.

I can't wait!

See you Sunday at 9am or 10:30am or 11:45am

Discovery Kidz launches the new season at the 10:30am hour.