Religion – Take Off Your Shoes

Dallas at Dawn

November 14, 2018 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

It’s chillier here than I expected. I picked up a purple hoodie emblazoned on the front with a graphic Route 66, at a Texas-sized truck

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

They did nothing. Wrong.

July 12, 2016 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

Sermon on The Good Samaritan, July 10, 2016, Advent Lutheran Church, Melbourne, FL Luke 10: 29-37 29 But wanting to justify himself, he asked Jesus, “And

Harry Potter

August 28, 2010 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

Today there is a huge rally going on in Washington D.C. The Restore Honor Rally, the brainchild of Glenn Beck. I tuned into the live-streaming feed on facebook long enough to be sufficiently shaken. And without debating the politics, the patriotism, the streaming comments from supporters and haters alike, one thing was clear: we are a country of frightened people.

August 26, 2010: Surprise

August 26, 2010 Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

“Weeping may linger for the night, but joy comes with the morning.” (Ps. 30:5) “So do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will bring worries

Rev. Marie Noelle Duquette

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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