by vfcadmin | Aug 27, 2025 | Year of Reflection
For This We Have Been Set Free Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Last month, the United States celebrated the nation’s birthday on the 4th of July. Fireworks, cookouts, and band concerts are some favorite ways to enjoy the anniversary of our nation’s beginning....
by vfcadmin | Aug 20, 2025 | Year of Reflection
No TV from the White House for FDR Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer The new season of Masterpiece began to air on public television in June, including “Atlantic Crossing,” a new to me miniseries. It is a fictional account based on the true-to-life friendship between...
by vfcadmin | Aug 13, 2025 | Year of Reflection
An Invitation to Inefficiency Rosa Floyd, Guest Writer I’m in a season of life where caregiving is my daily reality – yet again. The Lord seems to find caregiving a good place to plant me to learn deep lessons. Not surprising, given Paul’s words to children and...
by vfcadmin | Aug 6, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Hard-wired Eternity in Our Minds Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer One of my recent book finds was Wray Herbert’s On Second Thought. In it, the author posits two types of thinking Heuristic and Logical. Heuristic thinking can be thought of as “the hard-wired mental...
