by vfcadmin | Dec 31, 2025 | Year of Reflection
The Journey Home *”I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus.”* — Philippians 3:14 (NIV) Here we are—fifty-two reflections later. If you’ve journeyed with us through this year, you’ve...
by vfcadmin | Dec 24, 2025 | Year of Reflection
To Love Like Jesus Loved Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer When Jesus came to earth He did so for everyone in the world. We are all familiar with this great truth from the third chapter of John. I referred to this passage last week but let me repeat it and examine it from...
by vfcadmin | Dec 21, 2025 | Year of Reflection
The Coming of Love (4th Sunday of Advent) Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer In this final week of Advent before we reach the day of celebration of Jesus’s birth the emphasis is on love. When we look at the whole of our Advent meditations, they are all bound together with...
by vfcadmin | Dec 17, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Riding Lessons Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer A while back my great nephew, Enoch, decided he wanted to learn to ride a horse. His grandmother (my sister Sandra) told him she’d teach him. When it came time for his first lesson, she put him up on her quarter horse mare,...
by vfcadmin | Dec 10, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Picture Puzzles and Insights Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Putting together a jigsaw puzzle is one of those quiet pleasures many of us enjoy. Things can go awry, especially if an unwatched cat pilfers a piece, but a finished picture puzzle, especially a 1000 piece...
by vfcadmin | Dec 7, 2025 | advent, Year of Reflection
The Coming of Peace (2nd Sunday of Advent) Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer The second theme of Advent is peace. From one perspective, human history is a catalog of conflicts. If we are speaking of the history of the United States we start with the Revolution, follow it...
