pioneer Archive

  • We Are Pioneers

    Posted on July 28, 2011 | 4 Comments
    As I was telling my Kindergartner earlier this month that we're all pioneers in some way. Whenever we stand up for what we believe in or do something because we know inside it's a good thing to do, we are pioneers.

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  • A Twist on “Pioneer Day”

    Posted on July 27, 2011 | 2 Comments
    When it was announced that gays and lesbians would be allowed to marry in New York beginning on July 24, my first thought–as a lifelong Mormon–was, “Pioneer Day!”   While we’ve been talking about pioneers this week on Doves & Serpents, I have loved reading […]

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  • Letters to My Polygamist Ancestors

    Posted on July 27, 2011 | 15 Comments
    By Dayna Patterson ; Letters to My Polygamist Ancestors Dear Charles, What was it like to have three wives? It must have been confusing, especially since you chose women with rhyming names-Johannah, Susannah, and Hannah. Did you call them all Anna? Did you ever mix […]

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  • Trekkie

    Posted on July 25, 2011 | 12 Comments
    Those who weren't too busy, too judgmental, too self absorbed and too self-important to drop everything to help someone else are worthy of reenactment and emulation.

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  • Trek

    Posted on July 24, 2011 | 3 Comments
    Mormons all over the U.S. (and elsewhere, perhaps) gathered yesterday to celebrate Pioneer Day–commemorating the entry of   Brigham Young and the first group of Mormon pioneers into the Salt Lake Valley on July 24, 1847. Our ward (= congregation) had a picnic and potluck […]

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