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...
by vfcadmin | Jul 30, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Voyaging Beyond the Storm: Grief and the Power of Grace Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer, with Rosa Floyd, Guest Writer In the summer of 2013, my mother passed away. My sisters and I shared responsibilities that summer, but one thing I had to relinquish was taking part...
by vfcadmin | Jul 23, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Summer’s Abundance Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer One of the pleasures of the season of the summer solstice is a drive through the verdant countryside with the light of early evening making the newly cut hay golden. If you drive down a country road with your windows...
