Learn about New Orleans
Links, resources, maps, and bibliography
Helpful Links for the Gathering & New Orleans
Maps
New Orleans history
Hurricane recovery
Louisiana and New Orleans life and culture
Good Reading
- Mission Trips That Matter:
Embodied Faith for the Sake of the World, by Don C. Richter. Upper Room Books, 2008.
- Katrina: The Ruin and Recovery of New Orleans
(photos and commentary), by the staff of The Times-Picayune newspaper of New Orleans
- Welcome Forward: A Field Guide for Global Travelers, ELCA Global Mission, 2005.
- Just Neighbors
(interactive curriculum on poverty)
- Contemplative Youth Ministry:
Practicing the Presence of Jesus, by Mark Yaconelli. Zondervan/Youth Specialties, 2006.
- Taking Root (a new ELCA World Hunger curriculum for children in grades 3-6, youth in grades 7-9, and high school youth)
- Clothed in Nothingness: Consolation for Suffering
by Leonard M. Hummel. Augsburg Fortress Publishers, 2003.
- Turning to One Another: Simple Conversations to Restore Hope to the Future,
by Margaret J. Wheatley. Berrett-Koehler, 2002.
- 1 Dead in Attic: After Katrina,
Chris Rose. Simon & Schuster, 2007.
- Beyond Guilt: Christian Response to Suffering,
by Rev. George S. Johnson. 1989.
- The God of Intimacy and Action:
Reconnecting Ancient Spiritual Practices, Evangelism, and Justice, by Tony Campolo. Jossey-Bass, 2008.
- Breach of Faith:
Hurricane Katrina and the Near Death of a Great American City, by Jed Horne. Random House, 2008.
- “What Katrina Teaches about the Meaning of Racism,”
article for the Social Science Research Council (SSRC)