by vfcadmin | May 14, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Exercising Your “New Man” Nature Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer In 1999 V.H. Carr introduced the concept of 5 stages of technological adoption. From innovators who love trying the latest new gadget to the laggards who resist new technology until it is inevitable, we...
by vfcadmin | May 14, 2025 | Year of Reflection
A Cup of This, a Tablespoon of That Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer What kind of cook are you? I tend to be a “substitute this for that, let’s experiment” cook rather than a “it tastes the same each time I make it” cook. I can assure you some of my trials are failures...
by vfcadmin | May 7, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Do I Really Have to Forgive…Again? By Ruth Ann Stites Back in Week 6 we looked at Jesus’ teachings on being forgiving people. If his words were not enough to wrap our heads around, here are a few other Scriptures addressing the topic of forgiveness: In him we have...
by vfcadmin | Apr 30, 2025 | Year of Reflection
The Watercarrier: Hard but Necessary Work Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer I started thinking about the idea of water carrying a few weeks ago. It is certainly a Biblical topic from Rebecca at the well in Genesis to Jesus speaking to the Samaritan woman in John to the...
by vfcadmin | Apr 23, 2025 | Year of Reflection
On Mending Broken Pots and Broken Lives Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Some years ago one of my sisters gave our mother this pottery popcorn keeper. Being more fragile than it looked, the lid, lip, and handle broke. Because it had sentimental value as well as good...
