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Ride to Church Archive
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Ride to Church: Vacation Bible School
Posted on May 18, 2014 | 5 CommentsWhen I was growing up in the Midwest, some of my friends attended Vacation Bible School during the summer. I thought this meant that they studied the Bible all week in one of their church classrooms. It sounded like Primary class all week long. But […] -
Ride to Church in Viejo San Juan, Puerto Rico
Posted on November 24, 2013 | 1 CommentAbout 18 months ago, I saw a call for proposals to a language conference in Puerto Rico. I have wanted to go to Puerto Rico for many years–but for sure since I taught a really cool unit on Puerto Rico as a high school […] -
Ride to Sacred Places in Nigeria
Posted on November 17, 2013 | No CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Valerie, a West Texas gal married to a Nigerian man. Valerie and her husband and their son traveled to Nigeria last year to visit his family. -
Ride to a Sacred Grove
Posted on November 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsFrom Terry I must have watched The First Vision (that movie staple of 1970’s and 80’s era baptismal services) dozens of times. Joseph Smith, seeking for something more than he could find in the religions of his day, ventures into the sacred grove alone. Once […] -
Ride to the Ecuador Guayaquil Temple
Posted on November 3, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s post comes to us from Synneve, a veteran Ride to Church submitter (see here and here): I spent two weeks this summer in Cuenca, Ecuador volunteering at orphanages with Orphanage Support Services Organization (OSSO), which is based in Rexburg, Idaho. This was my second […] -
Ride to Priesthood Session with Ordain Women
Posted on October 27, 2013 | 4 CommentsA couple weeks ago, I flew to Salt Lake City to attend the all-male priesthood session of the General Conference of my church. For the record, plenty of Mormons fly to SLC to attend General Conference. It’s kind of like taking a hajj […] -
Ride to Church in Oakland, CA
Posted on September 22, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s complicated ride to church comes to us from TopHat from the Exponent. TopHat says: My family lives in Oakland, CA, and we go to church up at the inter-stake center on the Oakland Temple grounds. For those of you who don’t know, the […] -
Ride to the Edmund Pettus Bridge
Posted on September 15, 2013 | 7 CommentsGrowing up, I only learned the “standard” stuff about the Civil Rights movement. Pretty much just what was in my Texas-state-adopted-history textbooks, which means that I missed a lot. It wasn’t until I began working on my Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction, in […] -
Ride/Walk to the Tokyo Temple
Posted on August 4, 2013 | 1 CommentOkay, so I’m a bit behind on this ride/walk to church that I’ve been meaning to do since we got back from Tokyo in March. Nonetheless, here it is: On the second day we were in Tokyo, Marin and Stuart went to school with […] -
Ride to the Genesis Group’s Commemoration of the Priesthood Revelation
Posted on June 9, 2013 | 1 CommentToday’s Ride to Church was submitted by Mark Brown, who recently attended the Genesis Group’s gathering to commemorate the 1978 priesthood revelation. The Genesis Group is pretty interesting. Check out their website if you want to know more about them. ; ; -
Ride to Lakewood Church
Posted on June 2, 2013 | 8 CommentsBack in March, I went to Houston to attend the Houston Mormon Stories regional conference (= great fun). Meanwhile, back at the ranch, Brent took our two youngest (ages 10 and 13) to a very-long-day dance competition in Fort Worth (which is 3.5 hours […] -
Ride to Church in Little Havana
Posted on May 26, 2013 | 1 CommentBack in January, Brent and I went to Florida to present a paper we had co-authored together at a conference on school choice. The conference was in Ft. Lauderdale, where neither of us had ever been before. Once we had moved heaven and […] -
Ride to Church in Hyderabad, India
Posted on May 19, 2013 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from KC Kern, who recently did a Ride to the Book of Mormon Musical in Boston for us: A few weeks ago I found myself in India as part of an academic field study project. I was staying […] -
Ride to Church in Tokyo, Japan
Posted on April 21, 2013 | 3 CommentsWe spent 10 days (our spring break plus both weekends on either end) in Tokyo visiting our dear friends who are living/working there and taking in as many sights as we could! They moved there in January 2012 and we’ve been stewing about getting […] -
Ride to Rocky Mountain Retreat
Posted on April 16, 2013 | 5 CommentsIn honor of the Rocky Mountain Retreat XX anniversary, we’re rerunning this Ride to Church which originally ran in June 2011. This year’s Retreat is May 31-June 2. Our speakers are Fiona Givens, co-author with Teryl Givens of The God who Weeps, and Tresa Edmunds […] -
Ride to the Little Ethiopian Orthodox Church at the Camp in Norway!
Posted on April 14, 2013 | 3 CommentsToday’s stunning Ride to Church comes to us from Claudia, a RtC veteran. This Easter Sunday, I had the opportunity to visit a very humble church that very few people in my Norwegian town of 5000 people know about. My good friend Tadesse from […] -
Ride to Mosque in Abu Dhabi
Posted on April 7, 2013 | 5 CommentsToday’s Ride to Mosque comes to us from Norm, who recently visited Abu Dhabi, the capital and the second largest city of the United Arab Emirates in terms of population and the largest of the seven member emirates of the United Arab Emirates. Norm […] -
Ride to Church in Acoma Pueblo
Posted on March 31, 2013 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Joanna in New Mexico, who writes: My family recently visited Acoma Pueblo, one of New Mexico’s 19 pueblos, with intertwined yet distinct histories, cultures, and languages. Acoma is home to the mesa-top Sky City (Old Acoma), […] -
Ride to Church in Parker, CO
Posted on March 24, 2013 | 4 CommentsToday’s snowy Ride to Church comes to us from Tiffany and Michael in Denver, CO: When I visited Denver for the first time one of the things that stood out to me was that there was a different church on every street corner. I […] -
Ride to Church in Montreal
Posted on March 10, 2013 | 4 CommentsLast month, my husband and I visited our son, who’s a PhD student at the University of Montreal. We’ve visited him twice now, and both times we’ve stayed the Pavilion Jean XXIII, a small hostel, on the grounds of the St. Joseph Oratory. It’s a […] -
Ride to Church in Antigua, Guatemala
Posted on February 10, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Emily (a “veteran” Ride to Church-er). In an interesting twist of life, I went on a mission trip with a group of Baptists this summer. We travelled to Antigua, Guatemala to spend a day preparing before […] -
Ride to Mosque in Istanbul
Posted on February 3, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Michael Nielsen (a Ride to Church veteran: see here). Michael writes: We spent this Christmas in Istanbul, visiting our friend Metin who stayed with us when he was studying in Georgia. He was an excellent […] -
Ride to Church in Nairobi, Kenya
Posted on January 27, 2013 | 2 CommentsToday’s ride to church comes to us from Lori P., who writes: These are from a trip to Nairobi, Kenya to visit my brother and sister-in-law and their family. We attended church on two different Sundays. We also spent three days on a […] -
Ride to Church in Loudoun County, Virginia
Posted on January 6, 2013 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Chelsea in Virginia. We live in Loudoun County, Virginia, about 50 miles west of Washington, DC. My family moved here in 1989 and my husband’s came a few years later. After going to BYU, getting married, and […] -
Ride to our Sign Party
Posted on October 21, 2012 | 16 CommentsDisclaimer: This series of photos did not take place on a Sunday and they were not part of any type of official religious institution or spiritual observance. And yet, this was the most spiritual experience I have had in years, so I figured […] -
Ride to a Corn Maze
Posted on October 14, 2012 | 5 CommentsToday’s stunning Ride to Church (=corn maze) comes to us from Nicole in New Brunswick: I’ve been looking forward to sharing my pretty neck of the woods in all its autumnal splendour and had been planning to do a “Ride to Conference” series, complete with […] -
Ride to Holy Places in Sarnath and Varnasi, India
Posted on September 16, 2012 | 10 CommentsToday’s amazing Ride to Church comes to us from Angela Clayton and Ken Clayton (who took the stunning pictures). Angie writes: “Varanasi is considered a holy city by Hindus (as immortalized in the movie “Gandhi”), but it is also holy to Buddhists and […] -
Walk to the World Trade Center Memorial Site
Posted on September 11, 2012 | 5 CommentsToday’s installment of our Ride to Church feature that we usually run on Sundays is a Walk to the World Trade Center Memorial site, which my family visited in June of this year while spending a week in New York City. As I’m sure […] -
Ride to Church in Silver Gate, Montana
Posted on September 9, 2012 | 3 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Carole (who has also graciously shared her Rides to Church in Avon and Paradise, Utah and a last Ride to Church in Avon, Utah) who visited Silver Gate, Montana with her family. Carole writes: Cooke City, […] -
Ride to Church (History Sites in Palmyra, New York)
Posted on August 12, 2012 | No CommentsIn June, we took a family vacation to New York. We spent 6 days in New York City and then rented a car and drove to upstate New York. We met my in-laws in Palmyra, where founding events of the Mormon church took […] -
Ride to the Sensoji Temple
Posted on August 5, 2012 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to “Church” (=Sensoji Temple) comes to us from Emily: In May of this year, I had the opportunity to take a group of five 8th grade students on a trip to our sister school in Kagoshima, Japan. I couldn’t help but make […] -
Ride to Mosque
Posted on July 29, 2012 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to Mosque comes to us from Shayda, who writes: My name is Shayda, and I am half Iranian and half American. I am very proud of my Iranian heritage and got to experience it for myself two years ago. I wanted to go […] -
Ride to the Columbine High School Memorial
Posted on July 22, 2012 | 3 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church is not actually a ride to church; rather, it’s a ride to the Columbine High School shooting memorial, brought to us by Stephanie Siggard Stevens, who drives by the memorial on her way to church every week. Stephanie writes: On […] -
Ride to the Grand Canyon
Posted on July 15, 2012 | 5 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Blake, who visited the Grand Canyon and writes: Westerners transplanted to the Great Plains, my family now lives in and enjoys Kansas City. We like the uber-green of the little hills and the open plains. We came […] -
Ride to Church on Texas State Highway 21
Posted on July 8, 2012 | 2 CommentsDuring a recent drive through east Texas, on a 130 mile stretch of Hwy 21 that I have driven a number of times, each time noting to myself that ‘Dang! There are a lot of churches out here in the country!’, I stopped to photograph […] -
Ride to and walk through Pride with Mormon Allies
Posted on July 1, 2012 | 2 CommentsToday’s Ride to Pride comes to us from Ren, who has done another Ride for us and has shared some of her amazing photography with us as well (see here and here). Ren writes: Hi, I’m Ren. I live in Minneapolis, MN and love […] -
Walk to Church in Hyde Park, Chicago
Posted on June 24, 2012 | 1 CommentToday’s Walk to Church comes to us from Jenna in Chicago, who writes: We are moving from Chicago to the Bay Area this year, and I finally convinced my husband to get up early enough to walk to our LDS meetinghouse so I could document […] -
Ride to Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico
Posted on June 17, 2012 | 5 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Joanna in Albuquerque. Joanna is one of the first non-Mormon people to send us a ride to church, so props to her (and to Elizabeth!). Joanna writes: My ride to church is from my home […] -
Ride to Pride
Posted on June 10, 2012 | 5 CommentsToday’s Ride to Pride is a slideshow of pictures from last week’s Pride Parade in Salt Lake City, UT in which nearly 300 straight Mormons marched in support of their LGBTQ brothers and sisters. I asked participants to submit pictures of the march and […] -
Ride to Church in Huntsville, Texas
Posted on June 3, 2012 | 3 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Karin (sister of Doves and Serpents’ Heather) and her daughter Synneve. [Heather says: I love this post so much because it’s my hometown. And I love seeing the church building and remembering going to […] -
Jog to Churches in Vancouver, BC
Posted on May 6, 2012 | 1 CommentIn late April, I went to Vancouver, BC for a work conference. As I was packing, I briefly considered NOT taking my running clothes (because they definitely take up room), but decided if I brought them, I’d be motivated (by guilt) to actually use […] -
Ride to Church in St. Paul, Minnesota
Posted on April 29, 2012 | 3 CommentsWe bought a new (to us) house in March and thus had to pack up all of our belongings. While unpacking, I discovered an old disposable camera and had no memory of when I had used it. I figured one of the kids […] -
Last Ride to Church in Paradise, Utah
Posted on April 22, 2012 | 4 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Carole, who documented the last Sunday meetings were held in the LDS chapel in Paradise. The original part of this building was built in 1877. Carole says she heard that it may be the oldest […] -
Ride to Church in Bowling Green, Ohio
Posted on April 15, 2012 | 2 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Alex in Bowling Green, Ohio. Alex writes: “My Ride to Church is to the Unitarian Universalist church in Bowling Green, Ohio. My husband and I moved here last August from Utah, and started attending the Unitarian […] -
Ride to Church in Newcastle-under-Lyme (Staffordshire, England)
Posted on April 8, 2012 | 3 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Elissa in Staffordshire, England. Elissa writes: Newcastle-under-Lyme is a market town in Staffordshire, England; about midway between Manchester and Birmingham. It’s part of the area known as “The Potteries,” where Wedgwood and other companies produce their […] -
Sunday Afternoon Drive
Posted on April 1, 2012 | 1 CommentHere’s a twist on our usual Ride to Church. These pictures were taken at a nearby drive-thru animal safari by Rhonda Nasuta Swanson, an amazing photographer. You can see more of her work at her website and here. I saw these pictures on her […] -
Ride to Church in Brazil
Posted on March 25, 2012 | 1 CommentToday’s Ride to Church comes to us all the way from Itatiba, Brazil (which is on the eastern side, outside of Sao Paolo). Huge shout-out to Melissa, who writes: ; I live about 20 kilometers from church, in a very rural area, and church […] -
Walk to Church in San Jose, Costa Rica
Posted on March 18, 2012 | No CommentsSo I’ve got one more ride to church from the two weeks I spent in Costa Rica in January. This one is from San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, so it’s quite different from the other two which were from rural areas (see […] -
Walk to Two Churches in Santa Elena, Costa Rica
Posted on March 4, 2012 | No CommentsI spent the first two weeks of 2012 in Costa Rica (and have written about it here and here). Bottom line–I had no kids to tend to and all the time in the world to wander around strange cities and take pictures. Thus, a […] -
Ride to Church in Columbus, Mississippi
Posted on February 26, 2012 | 7 CommentsToday’s ride to church comes to us from Lori in Columbua, Missippi. Thanks, Lori! -
Ride to Church and a Volcano in La Fortuna, Costa Rica
Posted on February 19, 2012 | 6 CommentsI spent the first two weeks of 2012 in Costa Rica with 18 female undergraduate students from my university. It was a fascinating trip in so many ways. I’ve never been to Costa Rica before, so that was amazing. And it was […] -
Ride to the Houston Mormon Stories Conference
Posted on February 12, 2012 | 6 CommentsA couple weeks ago, my husband (Mr. Cheap Seats) and I were lucky enough to get to attend the Texas Mormon Stories conference in Houston. We even participated on a panel of people talking about navigating misfit-Mormon issues as parents. I’m guessing that after […] -
Ride to Church in Edmonton
Posted on February 5, 2012 | 6 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Terry in Edmonton, who writes: I live in Edmonton, which is in central Alberta, Canada. I was born here, but soon moved away, then back and away again – but somehow, Edmonton was always, and still is, […] -
Ride to Church in Vienna
Posted on January 29, 2012 | 10 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Dean, who is living in Vienna, Austria right now. Dean writes: ; We are living in Grinzing, the northernmost community in the city, which is nestled against the vineyards and hills of the Vienna Woods. Founded […] -
Ride to Church in Corpus Christi
Posted on January 22, 2012 | 5 CommentsIn October of last year, I spent a couple days in Corpus Christi at a work conference. One morning, I put on my running shoes, bought a cheap disposable camera in the hotel gift shop, and headed out for a run. I ran for […] -
Walk to Church (=Yosemite)
Posted on January 15, 2012 | 3 CommentsToday’s walk to church comes to us from Laura in California, who spent a weekend in Yosemite with her family last fall. Laura writes: We had the opportunity to enjoy a last-minute birthday-weekend trip to Yosemite National Park just before the first snows fell in […] -
Ride to Church in Statesboro, Georgia
Posted on January 8, 2012 | 5 CommentsToday’s Ride to Church comes to us from Michael in Statesboro, Georgia, who writes: I live in the flat farmlands of south Georgia, a change from the mountains of Utah, where I grew up. Rural Georgia has its own beauty, especially in autumn, when the […] -
Walk to the Book of Mormon Musical
Posted on January 1, 2012 | 8 CommentsIn September, Brent and I went to New York City to attend a party to celebrate my aunt’s wedding to her partner of nearly 40 years. It was a quick trip, but we managed to squeeze in the Book of Mormon musical. We left our […] -
Ride to Church in Jerusalem
Posted on December 26, 2011 | 2 CommentsFrom all of us at Doves & Serpents, we hope you had a Merry Christmas and we wish you a Happy New Year! We’ve so enjoyed writing for you and hope you’ve enjoyed reading. We are taking a holiday this week, but we’ll be back […] -
Ride to Church in Scotland
Posted on December 25, 2011 | 6 CommentsToday’s beautiful Ride to Church(es) comes to us from Amanda Klein Nokleby and Matt Nokleby, who spent Christmas Day 2009 in Scotland and were nice enough to share some of their beautiful pictures with us. They write: Two years ago we decided to get […]