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Take Off Your Shoes Podcast By Marie DuquetteAuthor: Deborah Bohn
Where current events and the Bible share common ground.Rev. Marie Duquette, with over 20 years of sound theological preaching, brings the Bible into current events in this podcast. FROM HER LINKED-IN PROFILE - "I've been a progressive pastor in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA) for over twenty years, including leading six separate congregations in four states, each with a different emphasis. In that time I've lead a rural congregation through building a church, which included a summer in which several young children died and the community was wracked with grief; a small community through extensive grief; a beachside congregation through a merger with a large cathedral on the mainland; and a diverse congregation in a college town through the pandemic. My writing experience includes liturgical content for Augsburg Fortress (Minneapolis, MI); feature articles for Crazy Wisdom (Ann Arbor, MI); editorials for the Observer-Eccentric (Farmington, MI) as well as creative non-fiction for my SUBSTACK (which is currently free to subscribers), Take Off Your Shoes, since 2010." Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@MarieNDuquetteThank you for your support! Language: en-us Genres: Christianity, Relationships, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture Contact email: Get it Feed URL: Get it iTunes ID: Get it |
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10-18-2026 Picking Up The Pieces by Pr. Marie Duquette
Episode 22
Sunday, 18 October, 2026
There’s a jarring gap between the golden calf and Moses whispering, “Show me your glory,” and it’s a gap most of us were never taught to sit with. We go back into Exodus and read the part that often gets left out the violent fallout, the shattered tablets, the excuses, the grief, and the real damage a community can do when fear takes the wheel. If you’ve ever wondered why Bible stories sometimes feel sanitized, this is the moment where honesty changes everything.From there, we track what happens when a relationship breaks not only between people, but between a people and God. Moses doesn’t just keep marching forward on religious momentum. He questions, he grieves, and he draws a line: if God’s presence will not go with them, they would rather not go at all. That demand turns Exodus into a story about trust and repair, not just rules and miracles, and it opens up a surprisingly practical lens for our own relationships after conflict.We talk about why “be curious, not judgmental” belongs in biblical interpretation, how transforming justice refuses to excuse harm, and why rebuilding starts with truth telling and remembering who we are to each other. We also connect the covenant language of Exodus to the Christian story of forgiveness and renewal, where presence matters more than performance.If this episode helps you think differently about Exodus, share it with a friend, subscribe for more, and leave a review so more listeners can find the show. What’s one relationship in your life that needs a braver first step toward repair?Support the show
