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...
by vfcadmin | Apr 1, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Prayer for Guidance and Instruction (Psalm 25) Michael Floyd, Editor In you, Lord my God, I put my trust.I trust in you; do not let me be put to shame, nor let my enemies triumph over me.No one who hopes in you will ever be put to shame,but shame will come on those...
by vfcadmin | Mar 29, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
The Cross: Into the Ultimate Darkness [Note: This is Part 6 of a 7-part series on walking with Jesus from temptation to triumph.] The Cry That Changed Everything “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Darkness covered the land. For three hours, from...
by vfcadmin | Mar 25, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Inspiration for Discipline Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer There was a great deal of turmoil in the United States in 1943. Our country was fully mobilized to fight WWII on the battlefield in both the European and Pacific theaters, at home with long hours of work in...
by vfcadmin | Mar 22, 2026 | Blog Home, The Wilderness Road
Gethsemane: The Deeper Wilderness Michael Floyd, Editor [Note: This is Part 5 of a 7-part series on walking with Jesus from temptation to triumph.] A Darkness Deeper Than the Desert The wilderness lasted forty days. Gethsemane lasted one night. Yet here, in this olive...
by vfcadmin | Mar 18, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
Waiting for Breakfast Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer While many people are known for their dedication to prayer, George Müller’s story is both dramatic and heartening. Christian evangelist Müller was also the director of the Ashley Down orphanage of Bristol, England,...
by vfcadmin | Mar 15, 2026 | Blog Home, The Wilderness Road
Setting His Face Toward Jerusalem Michael Floyd, Editor [Note: This is Part 4 of a 7-part series on walking with Jesus from temptation to triumph.] The Most Haunting Sentence in Scripture “When the days drew near for him to be taken up, he set his face to go to...
by vfcadmin | Mar 11, 2026 | Blog Home, Year of Reflection
I Cannot Tell a Lie Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer On a family vacation many years ago, we visited Mount Vernon. I remember many things from that trip including visiting George and Martha Washington’s tomb. On December 14, 1799, President Washington died. The following...
