Kevin&Stephanie

I (Stephanie) am currently reading Redeeming Love by Francine Rivers. As with the other Francine Rivers books I've read, I like it a lot. I love how it's both a great story, and it helps me grow in my faith. I'd highly recommend it. For my ladies small group, we just finished reading Sacred Marriage by Gary Thomas. This is a wonderful and unique marriage book that really helps you focus on God's purpose for marriage. The essential question of the book is, what if marriage is meant to make you holier instead of happier? The author proposes that marriage is a wonderful way to become more like Christ, as it places us in a situation of continual accountability and practice of Godly love. He also emphasizes a focus on other instead of self. Male or female, good marriage or bad, I'd strongly recommend this book to married couples. It's guaranteed to change your perspective on marriage. I think we need to fight against our culture to redeem the sacredne...

Yes, the long awaited, much anticipated, update from the Anderson household has finally come! Oh there shall be much dancing, singing and rejoicing in the streets tonight! Anyway. Last weekend I (Kevin) went to my parents house at Camp Pendelton. Unfortunatly Steph was working so could not attend. There were a few reasons this was significant. First, this was the last time I will spend the weekend with my parents in Oceanside. My dad is retiring from the Navy and on Monday will begin moving to Erie Penn. where he will take up a job as Chaplain at the VA hospital there. The visit itself was fairly uneventful. Saturday we just watched a lot of football (a very dissapointing day in that regard), and then that night we went to the base theatre and saw Batman: The Dark Knight. I have of course already seen the movie, but my parents had not. Sunday my Dad preached at the base chapel (I wonder if I will ever hear him preach again?), where he gave a sort of farewell sermon. After the service t...

The Terrorists Are Losing By Quin Hillyer Published 9/11/2008 12:08:33 AM Seven years. Zero attacks. And almost zero credit. President George W. Bush deserves better. Seven years ago today, evil men killed 2,998 innocent people in New York, Virginia, and Pennsylvania. They did so in service of an evil ideology. And they were directed by evil, small-souled creatures protected by a rogue state halfway across the world. The creatures called their murderous organization Al-Qaeda, which means "The Base" -- a name appropriate for an organization that serves man's base instincts, for base motives, to achieve base results. At the time, there was every reason to believe that Al-Qaeda would strike again on American soil. There was every reason to believe that even if the free world could track down Base leader Osama bin Laden and pulverize him, the cost in the meantime would be the endurance of more terror -- mechanical, chemical, biological, maybe even nuclear. President Bush said...

Kevin started teaching again last week Wednesday. So far, he says it's going well. He's taking the "mean guy" approach with no smiling for the first 2 weeks or so to establish respect, and then hopefully they can have more fun in class. Our Labor Day was very enjoyable. At 7:30 am Kevin and some friends went pond diving for frisbee golf discs at a park, and they found 30 frisbees. He feels it was a huge success, except now he's suffering from itching and a rash. :( After the pond adventure, Nate and Becca Triemstra came over and we had bruch together. I made peach buttermillk pancakes, which were quite tasty. We didn't anything terribly exciting during the middle of the day, but in the evening we did some more entertaining. Our friends Jeff and Carmen came over for Kevin's famous BBQ ribs. We had a great dinner, and had a lot of fun together. Summer vacaton is over. That doesn 't mean a whole lot to me, but it's a big shift for Kevin. We are hoping...