Western Civilization, its “rise” at OBU, & the pivotal moment in my faith journey 
by Bill Jones

(NOTE: I posted the following to Facebook on Tuesday, February 14. I’m re-posting it here to my blog for the benefit of those of you who aren’t on Facebook or didn’t see it there.) This morning, I came across, in my files, an OBU (𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘯𝘪) Magazine whose cover read “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗼𝗳 𝗢𝗸𝗹𝗮𝗵𝗼𝗺𝗮 . Read more . . .

Two milestones: Today, Feb. 12, Joanna’s 70th birthday; Tuesday, Feb. 14, the 2nd anniversary of her passing 
by Bill Jones

(Scroll to the end for links to my previous 17 blog tributes to Joanna since her passing.) Joanna’s 20th birthday was approaching. She and I had been dating for barely 3 weeks. Her roommate, Shirley Ng, and I went to the Hallmark store in downtown Shawnee, and Shirley helped me pick out a birthday present Read more . . .