by vfcadmin | Jun 3, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
God Our Refuge (Psalm 46) Michael Floyd, Editor God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, though its waters roar and foam and the mountains...
by vfcadmin | May 27, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
A Delightful Prospect Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Pastor McCarty gave me a major edit to a manuscript we are working on. It concerned the meaning of delight. He used Psalm 37:4 as his focus text and the story behind his accepting the pastorate at UBC Fayetteville as...
by vfcadmin | May 20, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Bold Rahab Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Do you remember the song, “Joshuah Fought the Battle of Jericho”? I think this spiritual, with vivid words and upbeat music, is memorable. The first verse goes: “Joshua fought the battle of Jericho, Jericho, Jericho Joshua...
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...
by vfcadmin | Apr 8, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
I Was In Prison Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Fifty years ago this February, Charles Colson’s powerful memoir of his conversion experience, Born Again, was published. The world was different back in February of 1976, but this is a timeless story of repentance and...
by vfcadmin | Apr 5, 2026 | Blog Home, The Wilderness Road
Out of the Wilderness: Resurrection and New Creation Michael Floyd, Editor [Note: This is the final part of a 7-part series on walking with Jesus from temptation to triumph.] The Morning Everything Changed The stone was rolled away. The tomb was empty. The women came...
