The Rev. Essie Koenig-Reinke celebrates communion at the service where she was ordained as a minister of the Word and Sacrament in the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). She was ordained by the Presbytery of Baltimore at Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church (DMPC).
If ever anyone was ready for ordained ministry (and most folks who reach that point are), Essie was. Her ministry at DMPC and beyond os a blessing.
Photo: 14 November 2021, Dickey Memorial Presbyterian Church, Baltimore, Maryland
Filed under Family, Photo, Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)
In honor of Congressman Elijah Cummings of Baltimore, sharecropper’s son and a giant for justice. Assembled this morning, this playlist features songs about Baltimore, songs from artist with connections to Baltimore, and songs by Fannie Lou Hamer – a sharecropper’s daughter, a sharecropper, and a giant for justice.
Walk. Morningside Gardens.
On Being a Sharecropper – Fannie Lou Hamer
Run Mourner, Run – Fannie Lou Hamer
Streets of Baltimore – Gram Parsons
Silver – Rik Ocasek
Raining in Baltimore – Counting Crows
You Think You’re a Man – Divine
Baltimore – Audra McDonald
Precious Lord – Fannie Lou Hamer
Baltimore – Nina Simone
This Little Light of Mine – Fannie Lou Hamer
Baltimore – Lyle Lovett
Road to Hell – André De Shields
Baltimore – Randy Newman
Baltimore Fire – Charlie Poole
Baltimore – Prince
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah
Amazing Grace – Fannie Lou Hamer
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, New York, playlist
Sharecropper’s son,
Baltimore’s own,
justice giant.
Congressman Elijah E. Cummings
January 18, 1951 – October 17, 2019
Filed under Current Events, Six Word Story
Beginning again. Again.
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Treadmill. Gym at the Shire.
For Baltimore. For Puerto Rico.
Silver – Rick Ocasek
You Think You’re a Man – Divine
Baltimore – Audra McDonald
Baltimore – Nina Simone
Baltimore – Lyle Lovett
Baltimore – Randy Newman
Use Me – Bill Withers
Got to Give It Up – Marvin Gaye
All Blues – Miles Davis
Baltimore – Prince
I Know Where I’ve Been – Queen Latifah (Hairspray)
Afilando Los Cuchillos – Residente, iLe & Bad Bunny
PUTA – PJ Sin Suela
La Borinqueña – iLe (Facebook post during demonstration)
Lamento Borincano – La India (Twitter post during demonstration)
Delincuente – Farruko, Anuel AA & Kendo Kaponi
Yo Soy Boricua – Taino
Que Lloren – Ivy Queen
A Forgotten Spot (Olvidado) – Lin-Manuel Miranda, Zion & Lennox, De La Ghetto, Ivy Queen, PJ Jin Suela, Lucecita Benitez
Walking. Morningside Gardens.
Good Morning Baltimore – Hairspray
Baltimore – Tori Amos (on YouTube)
The Lady Came from Baltimore – Tim Hardin
Dancing in the Streets – The Mamas and the Papas
I Cover the Waterfront – Billie Holiday
Barefoot in Baltimore – Strawberry Alarm Clock
The Calloway Boogie – Cab Calloway
The Earl of Baltimore – Terry Cashman
Streets of Baltimore – Gram Parsons
Aerial Boundaries – Michael Hedges
Raining in Baltimore – Counting Crows
Hungry Heart – Bruce Springsteen
Dream Rag – Eubie Blake
Road to Hell – Andre De Shields & Company (Hadestown)
Baltimore Fire – Charlie Poole & the North Carolina Ramblers
Way Down in the Hole – Blind Boys of Alabama
Tomorrow’s list will also focus on songs about Baltimore or performed by artists with Baltimore connections or that were featured in The Wire.
Filed under Antiracism, Current Events, Exercise, Music, playlist
Along the Graybeard Trail 