The Great Christmas Bowl

In a novella destined to become a holiday classic, The Great Christmas Bowl will have you laughing one minute and swallowing the lump in your throat the next. Susan May Warren has done it again. This time she’s captured all the mania and magic that is Christmas in this charming tale about Marianne Wallace, a woman in a small Minnesota town who just adores the holidays.Usually. This year is a little different. While Marianne’s caught up in preparing for a family Christmas that has to be perfect in every detail, her son’s football team has a shot at the state championship. So far so good—until the team’s mascot goes missing. And the church’s Christmas Tea needs organizing. Who better than Marianne to step in and save the day? Things start to unravel as Marianne realizes she’s in over her head. Then, one by one, her children tell her they can’t come home for Christmas. As her sparkling white Christmas turns to blue, can Marianne get the magic back?“I hope you enjoy reading [this story] as much as I enjoyed writing it,” Susan says, “and that it brings to you some of the flavor and magic of your childhood . . . and perhaps the delightful memories of Christmases with your family.” Susan invites readers to share a favorite Christmas story or family recipe on her blog at TheGreatChristmasbowl.blogspot.comThe Great Christmas Bowl is the perfect Christmas gift for anyone on your list who loves a funny, heartwarming story—and that includes yourself! By this and other great books at The Lighthouse or www.lighthousebooksource.com (Taken from Tyndale's Fiction First Newsletter)

Experience the Bible as never before

Goodbye to Gideon? That was the question that titled the Newsweek article about Glo, the new interactive New International Bible by Zondervan. In Lisa Miller's article in Newsweek she says, "Two men arrived in my office to show me their new product, a digital Bible called GLO (pronounced "glow"). Unlike other digital Bibles—which look, well, like Bibles—this one is cool with a capital C. Designed for people who prefer to read while they're watching TV and texting and downloading music, GLO is to the Bible what SimCity is to the comic book: an interactive scriptural immersion experience. Go to Exodus 25, for example. There, you can read, in the New International Version translation, the description of the Tabernacle the Hebrews built in the desert, where they sacrificed animals on altars to the Lord and, more importantly, where they stored in an ark the stone tablets upon which God had inscribed the Ten Commandments. Then click on a computer-generated image of the Tabernacle itself and things get really interesting. See the Tabernacle from the height of an airplane—Look! There's Mount Sinai! There are the tents of Aaron and Moses!—and then swoop down into it, cruise around, navigate through walls to the inner sanctum where the Ark of the Covenant rests. Penetrate its golden lid and view tablets themselves, written in proto-Canaanite letters, the way they must have looked (if you believe in these things) before they finally disappeared, mysteriously, forever."

Glo is available here at The Lighthouse and on our website at http://www.lighthousebooksource.com/ You can also see and experiment with Glo on their website, http://www.bibleglo.com/ Come in and see for yourself all that Glo can do! We'll be reviewing more in the days to come; so check back often.

Beauty and True Love Come from the Heart

New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury weaves a heart-warming tale of inner beauty and devotion. The king stages a competition to see who is worthy of his daughter, and challenges the three knights to prove their courage, strength, kindness, and character. The final competition will decide the winner. Who will pass the test and above all prove his faith in God ... and the true meaning of love? A great gift with a great message every mom will want to share with her daughter. Look for The Princess and the Three Knights at The Lighthouse. Beautifully illustrated by Gabrielle Grimard.