What do you think of when you hear the word "Pilgrim"? Most of us — especially around Thanksgiving — hear the word "Pilgrim" and think of the English Separatists who crossed the Atlantic on the Mayflower, landed on Cape Cod, and settled in Plymouth. We hear "Pilgrim" and think "Thanksgiving."
But, when you think of that kind of Pilgrim, what do you think? Some consider the Pilgrims stained-glass saints. A church in Utica, New York, was designed as a shrine to the Pilgrims. Three tall stained-glass windows behind the altar, the center of worship, depict the Pilgrims landing at Plymouth Rock. Another entire wall is covered with magnificent Tiffany windows, thirty feet high. They portray William Brewster delivering the first sermon in New England. His kneeling congregation is dressed somberl…