Category: Reflections (2018-present)

Personal reflections and musings

My “nostalgia tour” of Denver, Part 5 of 15: Home #3 – 4565 S. Independence 
by Bill Jones

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My “nostalgia tour” of Denver, Part 4 of 15: Home #2 – 1365 S. Vallejo, our first house as homeowners 
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My “nostalgia tour” of Denver, Part 3 of 15: Home #1 – Waterside Apartments in Lakewood 
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My “nostalgia tour” of Denver, Part 2 of 15: Lutheran Medical Center, where our children were born 
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My “nostalgia tour” of Denver, Part 1 of 15: INTRO; & an evening at Casa Bonita 
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Tributes to Joanna on our 48th wedding anniversary 
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Date, time, & venue: September 4, 1976, 3 p.m., University Baptist Church, Shawnee, Oklahoma Occasion: Wedding of Joanna Ching-Ping Wong to William Jason Jones Officiant: Rev. Dr. A. Jase Jones, the groom’s father Giving the bride in marriage: Jovan Wong, the bride’s brother Maid of Honor: Sumiko Ushiban Best Man: Bob Morris Bridesmaid: Lam Yuk Read more . . .

Joanna & I joined Wilshire 20 years ago today . . . but getting there wasn’t easy 
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Twenty years ago today, August 29, 2004, Joanna and I walked the aisle and, in traditional Baptist terms, “moved our letter” from the Plano church where we had been members since 1987 to become members of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. We picked a good day to join, as Wilshire was celebrating George Mason’s 15th Read more . . .

20 years ago today, July 4, 2004 – our first visit to Wilshire, and George Mason’s sermon, “The Cross and the Flag” (link provided) 
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“Baptists can be patriots. Now I know that seems to some of you like a silly statement, considering that in some Baptist churches today – I promise you – there will be enormous American flags draped across the pipes of the organ and probably across . . . a cross that normally would stand back Read more . . .