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Hoping and praying for an oil spill miracle

Oil spill prayer vigil

The nation spent Wednesday riveted by a live video feed of BP’s latest attempt to stop the geyser of oil infiltrating the Gulf of Mexico, but in Louisiana, sights were set on the heavens as residents gathered at First Baptist Church of Chalmette to pray. One by one, they stood and asked God for protection, guidance, comfort, and mercy. At times, they clung together so closely that they evoked images of the delicate reeds that are now in danger – frail, but not weak; bent, but not broken. Never, ever broken.

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Carmen Sisson May 27, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Chalmette, Christian Science Monitor, faith, Gulf, Gulf of Mexico, Louisiana, oil, oil spill, oilspill, prayer, religion 0

Mardi Gras spirit fills New Orleans Saints victory parade

“The Saints – they’re like wayward sons,” Mrs. Wood said. “They don’t do the right thing sometimes, but you keep giving them money and keep supporting them. Finally it paid off. It’s like the prodigal son finally came home.”

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Carmen Sisson February 9, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, football, Louisiana, New Orleans, Saints, sports 0

After Saints’ Super Bowl victory, New Orleans not ready to end the party

In a city that’s known far too much sorrow over the past few years, finally there is a reason to smile again. Still, it may be a long time before the city comes down from this high. As one reveler was heard saying in the French Quarter Sunday night: “Work? There’s no work tomorrow. It’s All Saint’s Day!”

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Carmen Sisson February 8, 2010 August 16, 2014Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, football, Louisiana, New Orleans, Saints, sports 0

Loan fund builds hope in New Orleans

Katrina

There are jobs, but there aren’t enough. There is housing, but there is not enough. Yet there is growing optimism as well. There is progress, albeit slow, and there is a brighter future on the horizon, albeit distant. And there are volunteers here — people of all faiths, people from all walks of life — bonded by a common determination to bring this battered city, along with the entire Gulf Coast, back to life.

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Carmen Sisson December 22, 2008 October 14, 2018Recent Bylines Disaster News Network, faith-based, Gulf Coast, housing, hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, interfaith, Jewish, Louisiana, New Orleans, religion 1

Strong storms batter South; tornadoes confirmed in Denison and Collinsville

Kelly Taylor-Forgar, emergency services director of the Central Louisiana chapter of the Red Cross hopes she never again experiences what she went through Monday night. Red Cross volunteers reported 42 families affected and four homes destroyed in La Salle and Rapides parishes. Meanwhile, their colleagues found themselves in need of assistance as well when high winds slammed trees into their office and tore away part of the roof. Taylor-Forgar, who was in the building at the time, said even though she grew up in Texas and spends her days assisting families touched by natural disasters, it was frightening to witness a storm in progress.

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Carmen Sisson December 10, 2008 August 24, 2014Recent Bylines Collinsville, Denison, disaster, Disaster News Network, Louisiana, storms, Texas, tornado, weather 0

No Waterloo for Napoleon House

Conversation dips and swells to the soaring lilt of the “1812 Overture,” as restaurant patrons chat amiably while waiting to be seated. French phrases swirl through clipped New York consonants and Louisiana drawls as flannel-shirted men and Chanel-suited women hunch over steaming bowls of gumbo. This could be 1940s Paris or modern-day Manhattan. These could be paupers or princes. Time and truth have a way of getting lost here, weaving an ambiance that still enchants, even in a post-Katrina world.

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Carmen Sisson January 3, 2007 October 14, 2018Recent Bylines Christian Science Monitor, hurricane, Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana, New Orleans 2
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