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Posted on 30 November, 200726 February, 2010 by Justin

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A week ago, the @christcitydc staff got away to pr

A week ago, the @christcitydc staff got away to process the last few months, to pray and prep for the next few months, and to play (a desperately underrated spiritual practice).
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Let’s face it: life is tiring right now. We need to find spaces of rest and people we can lean on. This is a team I’m grateful and privileged to be part of.
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Pic: Harpers Ferry, where the Shenandoah and Potomac Rivers meet.

As I got out of the car this morning to walk into

As I got out of the car this morning to walk into the @christcitydc office, I thought to myself, “I really LOVE Sunday mornings.” Getting to worship together (albeit virtually) with our church community, getting to speak and sing and hear God’s word and God’s truth, having a weekly anchoring practice in the midst of so much turbulence and chaos. Sunday mornings are my favorite.
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And then, when I got into the office, I noticed that the internet wasn’t working. Which led to the discovery that our router battery unit wasn’t working. Which led @andreaackermann to call up Verizon and learn that the earliest they could come out was … not this morning. At this point, it was an hour and a half before we were due to start and we had a few options: (1) try to stream the service via someone’s phone (which we ruled out because we had some big video files to play); (2) pack up and head to someone’s house to run everything; (3) pre-record all of the pieces that would otherwise be live.

We tried #3 first, recording the worship set while simultaneously cutting and uploading all of the videos (welcome, profession, Scripture, Lord’s Prayer, Kids City lesson, and three MMIQ talks). It was 10am when we finished recording the set. Half an hour to edit and add the music videos AND record the announcements and benediction. (Oh, I also broke a light fixture by smashing Andrea’s guitar into it while taking the guitar off. Bonus calm points.)
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Trying out a new mode of transportation for #danie

Trying out a new mode of transportation for #danielignatius and a new workout for me. (Don’t worry, I normally wear a helmet.)
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Took a little bike ride around the monuments on my

Took a little bike ride around the monuments on my day off since I hadn’t been down to the Mall in a while. #dcliving

Got Hong Kong-inspired takeout from @tigerforkdc f

Got Hong Kong-inspired takeout from @tigerforkdc for our anniversary dinner the other weekend. #goodeats
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Mourning the loss of @repjohnlewis. What an exampl

Mourning the loss of @repjohnlewis. What an example of faith in action. Rest in power and in the peace of God, sir.
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Pics are from January 2015, when I collaborated with @pastorkec and @dmhanke and @heydubois to cohost a joint screening of the movie Selma. As we were entering, we saw a number of congresspeople also arriving at the theater, including John Lewis. Turned out that the Congressional Black Caucus was also holding a screening that night. So @heydubois went and asked if Rep. Lewis would say a few words to our gathered churches.
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I don’t remember exactly what he said that night. It was probably a riff on what I’ve heard him say time and time again, about getting into “good trouble,” about how our faith often requires us to do that, to put our beliefs into action on behalf of those in need. It was such a stark visual parable to have the man himself, whose story was being told on screen, offer words of encouragement to a new generation of Christians.
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Losing two civil rights heroes in one day (Lewis and C.T. Vivian, one of MLK’s close friends and compatriots) is hard news but also a reminder that the struggles of the civil rights era were not so long ago — and we are not yet done. The baton is passed to those who would do justly now.

Six years ago right about now, on the night of our

Six years ago right about now, on the night of our wedding day, @carolyn85 was super sick and sitting on the floor of our hotel hallway while I tried to get someone to let us into our room because our keycard wasn’t working.
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Fast forward six years to being on vacation last week, to a moment right after we’d had a clear-the-air, apologize-and-forgive conversation.
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Behind the posed pictures and smiles, there’s also hard work and vulnerable conversations because we’re always still growing together. Marriage is always an adventure with you, @carolyn85. Happy anniversary, my love.

Day 2 of the recharge. . #danielignatius @carolyn8

Day 2 of the recharge.
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Feeling this. Praying for friends and family still

Feeling this. Praying for friends and family still there. #hongkong @bbcnews

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Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there —

Happy Father’s Day to all the dads out there — biological, adoptive, step, or otherwise playing a fathering role in someone’s life! Thanks to my dad, who has set an example for me in humility, humor, and faith; I’m working on doing the same for #danielignatius.

Commemorating #LovingDay with a pic of my crew. 53

Commemorating #LovingDay with a pic of my crew. 53 years ago, interracial marriages were still illegal. Grateful for progress. (Also, fun fact: Richard and Mildred Loving lived on our block of Neal St here in DC.)
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