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...
