by vfcadmin | Sep 3, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Liberty in the Balance Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer In last week’s essay I made a somewhat arbitrary distinction between freedom and liberty so that we could look at personal freedom versus liberty within a community or government. The kind of freedom we have in...
by vfcadmin | Aug 27, 2025 | Year of Reflection
For This We Have Been Set Free Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Last month, the United States celebrated the nation’s birthday on the 4th of July. Fireworks, cookouts, and band concerts are some favorite ways to enjoy the anniversary of our nation’s beginning....
by vfcadmin | Aug 20, 2025 | Year of Reflection
No TV from the White House for FDR Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer The new season of Masterpiece began to air on public television in June, including “Atlantic Crossing,” a new to me miniseries. It is a fictional account based on the true-to-life friendship between...
by vfcadmin | Aug 13, 2025 | Year of Reflection
An Invitation to Inefficiency Rosa Floyd, Guest Writer I’m in a season of life where caregiving is my daily reality – yet again. The Lord seems to find caregiving a good place to plant me to learn deep lessons. Not surprising, given Paul’s words to children and...
by vfcadmin | Aug 6, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Hard-wired Eternity in Our Minds Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer One of my recent book finds was Wray Herbert’s On Second Thought. In it, the author posits two types of thinking Heuristic and Logical. Heuristic thinking can be thought of as “the hard-wired mental...
by vfcadmin | Jul 30, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Voyaging Beyond the Storm: Grief and the Power of Grace Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer, with Rosa Floyd, Guest Writer In the summer of 2013, my mother passed away. My sisters and I shared responsibilities that summer, but one thing I had to relinquish was taking part...
