Rise Up! : The Miracles and Men of Katrina

The never before told true story of a group of multi-racial, multi-denominational pastors in a Katrina-ravaged New Orleans. Not unlike Old Testament times, odds were stacked against them in such an impossible way that the outcome would seem completely hopeless and utter defeat inevitable were it not for God. With division so deep within God’s church in the Crescent City, it could have easily sunk to its’ death in the flood waters, but when God appeared inevitable defeat became certain victory. Ordinary people began to accomplish extraordinary things. Miracles became common place and hope was restored. God had not forgotten “The City That Care Forgot”.

Connie Marie Harris is an ordained elder in the Presbyterian Church, serving in her youth as a Eucharistic Lay Minister for the Catholic Church. Supporting global missions has defined much of her adult life with Project Mercy in Yetebon, Ethiopia and YWAM Battambang, Cambodia serving as her portals to the miraculous for decades. Connie served as Director of her Church Mission Board raising awareness and support for missions on a local, national and global level as well as working extensively within her community chairing events to support various Christian ministries. Recognized as an outstanding leader in both her church and her community, Connie has long strived to reach the marginalized and most vulnerable for Jesus. A 2008 mission trip broke her heart for New Orleans and now, as a uniquely gifted writer, she brings to life the incredible and miraculous work of God in the Crescent City.