tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957Thu, 10 Nov 2011 21:48:39 +0000Scott Keeble's jumbled overflow of random thoughtshttp://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)Blogger206125TheCornfieldLabyrinthhttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-6728378828286699852Wed, 26 Jan 2011 15:18:00 +00002011-11-10T15:48:39.864-06:00This blog will continue to be accessible. You can find my sermons from the first 3 years of the Launch on the right side bar. But moving forward, I will be blogging at cornfieldlabyrinth.blogspot.com. I don't know how frequently I'll be blogging, since I'm making more use of twitter, facebook, and constant contact. You can get to the new blog by clicking herehttp://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2011/01/new-blog-location.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-676849061114049424Tue, 13 Jul 2010 16:34:00 +00002010-07-13T11:34:58.488-05:00But the sermon mp3 archive is still being updated. Check out the right side bar to listen to recent sermons.http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2010/07/blog-is-still-on-summer-break.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-98072333584559903Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:33:00 +00002010-03-10T18:33:42.067-06:00We dealt with a pretty tough subject on Sunday. As a part of our Life Together series, we explored how the act of confession (as in confessing our sins) can be a tremendously meaningful and necessary habit to develop.Let me just go ahead and confess that I was preaching to myself on Sunday. This isn’t something that I do well or do much at all. But as I dug into those Biblical passages about http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2010/03/launch-blast-march-7th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-4264411326219780777Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:32:00 +00002010-03-10T18:33:07.460-06:00Hey there Launchies,If you weren't around on Sunday, you missed a good one.  Jaron preached and he brought it home!He preached about authenticity being a core value of our LIFE TOGETHER as a community of faith.  As I was sitting there listening to Jaron, one question kept popping into my head - "what's my mask?"What do I mean by "my mask"?I'm talking about the fake front I put up to hide who I http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2010/03/launch-blast-february-28th.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-5540314307332252232Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:31:00 +00002010-03-10T18:32:33.646-06:00I have to admit, I'm dancing on the inside watching the snow melt. (Just be glad I'm not dancing on the outside).Anyway, hope you are having a good week. If you missed it last Sunday, we heard from Dr. Sue Makin who has spent the last 11 years in Mulanje, Malawi which is right in the same neighborhood as the village that our Meet Malawi Team is partnering with. Sue had some great things to say http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2010/03/launch-blast-february-21st.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-370043960344715038Tue, 23 Feb 2010 21:49:00 +00002010-02-23T15:50:35.445-06:00The blog may be in temporary hibernation, but we are still adding the weekly sermon mp3's to the blog. You can access them in the right column of the blog.http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2010/02/sermon-mp3s-are-still-available.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-6129145627589325518Sun, 27 Dec 2009 20:32:00 +00002009-12-27T14:34:53.698-06:00I'm taking a little break from blogging. Over the next month, I'll be retooling the blog, working on some new content, and thinking down the road a bit. But there won't be any updates for several weeks. When the blog re-"launches", we'll let ya know!Happy Holidays.http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/under-construction.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-7715230462018824010Sat, 26 Dec 2009 17:02:00 +00002009-12-26T11:03:13.947-06:00One last reminder. We won't be at Barkstall this Sunday but will be having a single joint service at our Downtown Campus at 10am.That's 10am at our Downtown Campus!See you there.http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/no-worship-at-barkstall-this-sundayjoin.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-1216401561547603171Sat, 26 Dec 2009 16:12:00 +00002009-12-26T10:16:20.304-06:00I can hardly believe how amazingly generous the good folks in our church are.Just in the month of December, we collected over $30,000 for the Meet Malawi Project. And the total we have now collected for Malawi is right at $50,000.Just amazing!!!Stay tuned for updates on the progress of our project to dig a deep well and a church and school.Well done good and faithful servants!http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/advent-conspiracy-totals.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-6127380224440414859Thu, 24 Dec 2009 04:38:00 +00002009-12-23T22:43:26.103-06:00I'm sitting here looking at the ornament Leslie Barr made to go along with the Malawi donations she gave. Awesome stuff. I hope she sticks with that theme for a few years! That got me thinking about all the incredible ways our folks creatively and enthusiastically shifted their Christmas celebrations around to be able to give to the Meet Malawi Project.I am super excited to reveal the grand http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/water-for-malawi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-5101760590463434049Wed, 23 Dec 2009 15:57:00 +00002009-12-23T10:01:31.279-06:00Just a reminder about the candlelight service at 7pm on Christmas Eve at Barkstall. Hope you can join us. We'll be announcing the totals from the Advent Conspiracy Offering toward our goal of raising $35,000 to build a church and school in Malawi.Also, please remember that there will be NO WORSHIP SERVICE at Barkstall on Sunday, December 27th. Instead we'll have one church wide service at our http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-eve-services.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-7821490868044420973Tue, 22 Dec 2009 12:42:00 +00002009-12-22T19:49:22.732-06:00As we inch closer to the holidays, here's a Christmas song from Jackson Browne about Jesus. Love the words - the images though need Jaron's touch. Merry Christmas. As the song says, " I bid you pleasure and I bid you cheer from a heathen and a pagan on the side of the rebel Jesus."http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/as-we-inch-closer-to-holidays-heres.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-6502225562160958514Sun, 20 Dec 2009 20:46:00 +00002009-12-20T14:49:48.951-06:00Today we wrapped up the Advent Conspiracy series with our A.C. Offering.The funds raised through this offering will go, in full, to help build a church building, a school, and a deep well on the site of our sister church in Malawi.You can listen to today's sermon by clicking here: AC #4.Stay tuned for the grand total raised through the Advent Conspiracy...http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/advent-conspiracy-finale.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-4586105605035417479Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:34:00 +00002009-12-14T12:45:50.913-06:00Yesterday at the Launch we got to hear from Scott and Suja. They are an amazing couple with an inspiring story. Suja and Scott shared about their passion for giving and told us about the GIVE Blog that they have started as a means for encouraging people to give more. I personally was blown away by their goal to give away 30% of their gross income. What an amazing example of extravagant http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/give-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-2279776671829525595Mon, 14 Dec 2009 18:28:00 +00002009-12-14T12:33:04.903-06:00In the lead up to Christmas, CNN started a 12 day series on the value of GIVING. I'm pretty intrigued by the idea of seeing how this media company handles the idea of giving. You can see today's story by clicking on the link below:The Power of GivingWell, there you go. It's literally good for your health to GIVE.May you give well this Advent.Oh and speaking of Giving Well...You can listen to http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/giving-is-good-for-you-heres-proof.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-8944689245537595581Mon, 07 Dec 2009 17:22:00 +00002009-12-07T11:28:11.014-06:00Happy Advent!Yesterday at the Launch was one of those good but hard messages. We asked a fairly simple question: Do our spending habits at Christmas actually honor Jesus? But this question is rooted in a fairly straightforward point: Our "stuff" clutters our view of Jesus and our experience of life in Jesus. Stuff Clutters. It just does. So stepping INTO the Advent story requires, on some http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/clearing-clutter.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-3525131130440274136Tue, 01 Dec 2009 23:30:00 +00002009-12-01T17:51:16.587-06:00Hope you had a great Thanksgiving. We started the Advent Conspiracy on Sunday. This year's theme is Simply Deep. It expresses our sense that the deepest, most meaningful aspects of the Christmas story are wound up in some of the simplest aspects of the story. It is a story that is simply deep. At the same time, sometimes what keeps us from really seeing and experiencing those deep truths is http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/12/advent-conspiracy-starts-here.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-5577084157897432903Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:36:00 +00002009-11-23T10:39:19.746-06:00I've never even heard of that candy bar, but when if I ever see it, I'm buying one. (and I'm buying one for my wife too!)http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/11/i-hate-commercialsbut-you-gotta-see.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-7371404385955160138Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:58:00 +00002009-11-03T13:02:45.106-06:00This is a fantastic video that features a bunch of folks who are exploring the new shapes and new postures of life together (read that as church if you need to) in the Kingdom of God. If you've got about 10 minutes, this video paints some vivid and intriguing pictures of some of the new possibilities for what church community actually looks like. Here's my challenge to you. Watch this video http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/11/new-edges-in-kingdom.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-3580360703444479223Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:06:00 +00002009-10-25T18:16:54.566-05:00This was one of my all time favorite Sundays. (And not just because I didn't have to preach).Today at the Launch, we got to hear from our Meet Malawi team. All but 2 of the 13 team members who went to Malawi were able to be with us. They took turns each sharing significant aspects of the trip. We saw pictures, heard songs, listened to stories, and shared in the vision for what God is doing inhttp://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/10/meet-malawi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-1368511805515579467Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:53:00 +00002009-10-21T10:01:06.573-05:00here's a quote from a book I'm reading right now:The word missional theologically means "to be sent," so leaving is where living like a missionary really begins. Leaving isn't just about going overseas. It's about replacing personal or Christian activities with time spent building relationships with people in the surrounding culture.Have you ever considered that, as followers of Christ, we are http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-love-books-that-shake-my-world.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-8915703606692469261Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:51:00 +00002009-10-19T20:54:04.012-05:00In Luke 10, Jesus says that he is sending us out like lambs among wolves. What do you think it looks like for us to live as a lambs among the wolves? (Or on the other hand, what might it look like for us to live instead as wolves among the wolves?)Best answer wins a prize.http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/10/lamb-among-wolves.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-7049274661305248796Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:48:00 +00002009-10-19T20:51:13.032-05:00This was the quote on the screen Sunday during the sermon. He works on us in all sorts of ways. But above all, he works on us through each other. Men are mirrors, or carriers of Christ to other men. Ususally it is those who know Him that bring Him to others. That is why the church, the whole body of Christians showing Him to one another, is so important. It is so easy to think that the church http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/10/cs-lewis-quote.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-1835283586131004916Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:56:00 +00002009-10-19T15:57:08.366-05:00October is Pastor Appreciation Month. I had no idea.Interestingly, it wasn't someone from my church that told me. Hmmm.http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/10/somebody-just-told-me-that.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-302578054449427957.post-2156423189634608942Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:53:00 +00002009-10-15T13:57:45.994-05:00My question is...are there any implications from this study about the way we do church?What do you think?http://scottkeeble.blogspot.com/2009/10/this-is-great-experiment.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Scott Keeble)0