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...
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...
