by vfcadmin | Jun 11, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Dandelions and Praise Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer For Mother’s Day Sunday this year our church music team chose the song “Handful of Weeds” as a tribute to our mothers. The imagery of the song is of a little girl carefully picking her mom a bouquet of dandelions to...
by vfcadmin | Jun 4, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Unexpected Help Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer The other day I was getting ready to leave the house in my car. I walked around in front of it and saw one of the green and bronze lizards who enjoy my front yard. It was in line with the front tire. Not wishing to run...
by vfcadmin | May 28, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Nothing Says ‘I Love You’ Like… Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer This Memorial Day weekend was also the anniversary of the devastating tornado that struck our area of Benton County a year ago. I had purchased flower arrangements to place on my parents’ and grandparents’...
by vfcadmin | May 21, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Nature’s Gifts Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer Spring is a time of promise for nature’s bounty after the chill of winter. Birds are nesting. Trees are blooming. Fresh greens are ready for harvest. And gardeners are planting as well as beginning to pick their garden’s...
by vfcadmin | May 14, 2025 | Year of Reflection
Exercising Your “New Man” Nature Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer In 1999 V.H. Carr introduced the concept of 5 stages of technological adoption. From innovators who love trying the latest new gadget to the laggards who resist new technology until it is inevitable, we...
by vfcadmin | May 14, 2025 | Year of Reflection
A Cup of This, a Tablespoon of That Ruth Ann Stites, Staff Writer What kind of cook are you? I tend to be a “substitute this for that, let’s experiment” cook rather than a “it tastes the same each time I make it” cook. I can assure you some of my trials are failures...
