Church – Take Off Your Shoes

Day 1 / Part 1 LOFG Caravan

November 12, 2018 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

Early Monday We met in the dark at the Temple, our group of 7 women and two men. Standing in the cold, circled by a

Something from Nothing

October 31, 2015 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

I cannot think of one funeral I’ve attended or led, after which the brokenhearted said, “I wish we had done nothing.”

Fr. Nolan’s Funeral

October 13, 2015 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

Yesterday I attended the funeral of Father Joseph Nolan, a priest who served the Catholic church near me. Fr. Nolan was a good and faithful

Cloudwish

August 14, 2014 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

Today I spent hours organizing my words. In Gmail alone, I created folders and tags and placed nearly 21,000 emails in their respective cyber-spaces. It

Reconciling

June 10, 2014 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

The 5 Point Cafe in Belltown may be the best dive bar I’ve ever visited. It has Steak-Bites, an afternoon snack of marinated grilled sirloin

I notice connections between people, events, movies, music, writings, the spoken word, that seem independent of one another. I write and speak about these connections because I have been created for this work and it has the potential to draw people together and transform rough places into plains of peace. I am a pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America; a writer whose muse is active and insistent; a lover of new experiences; a dreamer of old. I am fueled by both music and silence; I appreciate truths that can only be conveyed in whispers, if in any language at all. I have more friends than I deserve, a big fat french family I adore, and a lovely apartment with a fireplace in front of which I am now leading virtual worship. My most palpable experience of God's presence took place in a chapel in Children's Hospital in Columbus, Ohio. In that place, where every great world religion was depicted by both name and symbol, a miracle took shape in 2005 that continues to inform my faith today. I believe the key to world peace is our willingness to understand one another and take the risks required to do that. My two sons are some of God's finest work; they are a blessing to me and to the world. I thank God for every single day of this wonder we know as life. And I thank you, for stopping by to take off your shoes and step into the shoes of those whose stories I am privileged to tell.

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