by vfcadmin | May 13, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Living in Prayer’s Transition Zone Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Growing up in Benton County, Arkansas in a family interested in nature introduced me to many aspects of the natural world. While we lived on a mountain, much of Benton County, especially the western...
by vfcadmin | May 6, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Seeking the Face of God (Psalm 27) Michael Floyd, Editor The Lord is my light and my salvation— whom shall I fear?The Lord is the stronghold of my life— of whom shall I be afraid?When the wicked advance against me to devour me,it is my enemies and my foes who will...
by vfcadmin | Apr 29, 2026 | Blog Home
Being Faithful Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Over 150 years ago on Sunday, September 18, 1870, members of the Washburn-Langford-Doane Expedition entered the Upper Geyser Basin in what would become Yellowstone National Park.[1] The first geyser they saw would be...
by vfcadmin | Apr 22, 2026 | Blog Home
Words of Beauty, Power, and Promise Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer One of the first Bible passages I memorized as a child was Psalm 23, “The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside the still waters. He...
by vfcadmin | Apr 15, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Let It Be Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Sometimes a phrase of a poem stays with you long after you have read it. One I remember is from T. S. Eliot’s “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.” It is short, but captures for me the uncertainty, shame, and pathos of the...
