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Posted on 8 January, 2010 by Justin

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Sunday. Football. @seahawks. . @carolyn85 didn’t

Sunday. Football. @seahawks.
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@carolyn85 didn’t want to show her face for the second pic. And she put on #danielignatius’ @packers yellow shoes.

Something sappy. #danielignatius 📷 @carolyn8

Something sappy.

#danielignatius

📷 @carolyn85

Got outside for a hot sec yesterday. Grateful to h

Got outside for a hot sec yesterday. Grateful to have this space so close to home.

Today is my big brother Clem’s 50th birthday. Tw

Today is my big brother Clem’s 50th birthday. Two weeks ago, my middle brother Gabe celebrated 45 (and I forgot to post then😬). So here’s to the two men who pioneered the path before me in following Jesus — even into ministry(!); in loving our family and loving their families; in being good men, fathers, husbands, and sons; and, of course, in being Seattle sports fans — I wouldn’t be one if not for them!

Happy birthday, Clem! And a belated but no less exuberant happy birthday, Gabe!

#fungbros

On the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington

On the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington and the 65th anniversary of Emmett Till’s lynching, I wasn’t able to make it to Lincoln for the March on Washington 2020 but was at Black Lives Matter Plaza earlier for a gathering with folks, including clergy, from @redletterxians, @votecommongood, @fianational, and others who had been on a 9-day pilgrimage from Charlottesville to DC, publicly demonstrating their commitment to “walk the walk” of race reckoning, resolve, and love. I was reminded today that there’s still so much work to do but we aren’t in this alone. #keepmarching

Five years ago today. I remember how glad I was to

Five years ago today. I remember how glad I was to be part of a church and pastored by a white man (@watsonopolis) who could unapologetically say “Black Lives Matter is a gospel issue.”

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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cc @carolyn85

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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cc @carolyn85

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.

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