Imagine it’s mid-December. Crisp air fills shorter days. Anticipation abounds. Your heart and soul are warmed by glowing embers as you read devotions aloud to your attentive family who are peacefully nestled under a handmade quilt next to a crackling, wood burning fire. NOT! Sometimes holiday fantasies are just that…fantasy! Fueled by Normal Rockwell images…
When was the last time you received a handwritten letter? Ink spilled on a page in familiar script telling the news of the day from far away and signed with love? Letters are rare commodities these days in which communication is more likely to come in the form of a text or tweet than pen…
While the official first day of summer may be over a month away, it already feels like it’s upon us in Austin. School is almost out and we’ve already hit temperatures in the 90’s. Have you made plans to stay in God’s Word this summer? The Lamplighters Summer Study begins this week and it’s…
Suggested Reading List, Summer, 2013 The Stories That Bind Us from The New York Times A Grace Revealed, by Jerry Sittser A Sanctuary of the Soul, Richard Foster The Blessing, by Trenton Smalley I’m Proud of You, My Friendship with Fred Rogers, by Tim Madigan Unchristian, What a New Generation Really Thinks about Christianity and…
Welcome! We’re glad you’ve found our little corner in cyberspace and hope you will make yourself at home. Maybe you are wondering why Lamplighters Bible Study is venturing out into the worldy widely web – with a website, podcast, Facebook and Twitter? Trust me, we’ve wondered plenty ourselves over the last couple of years. Then…