Homecoming

Most of the team has arrived back in Maine this morning. The driving team is well on their way through Tennessee and will arrive back in Maine on Monday. We are all very tired but gratified by our amazing experience seeing the need in New Orleans and responding with love and hard work, and in the process opening ourselves up to a new kind of self-giving love. That is the purpose of Lent: sacrificing our selves as Christ sacrificed himself so that we might open ourselves to the love of God that makes resurrection happen and happen and happen. Resurrection happened for us in New Orleans. Let's all pray for the ongoing resurrection of that city, its neighborhoods, communities, churches and lives. As we approach Easter let's all pray for how we might give of ourselves in order to open ourselves to resurrection love and truly experience God's awesome gift to us.

I am having a lot of fun sharing about our experience this morning at church - please come next Sunday (see below for details) to hear from the whole team, see pictures and celebrate New Orleans as we pray for its ongoing resurrection.

Peace,
Steve+