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It’s starting to sink in that I have two sons. T

It’s starting to sink in that I have two sons. Two boys who will one day become men. I see two incredible gifts. I also see incredible responsibility. If their floor is my ceiling, then my own growth never stops. Here’s to raising the ceiling. 🥂
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10 years today. From our engagement to the weddin

10 years today.

From our engagement to the wedding, from our honeymoon to the endless adventures, my excitement for being with you only continues to grow.
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(And it should since you chose me in spite of those sideburns).
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Even as we watched our wedding reception with three unimpressed and eventually overtired, bawling kids tonight, it was great to yell over the crying, “Happy Anniversary! Good decision, honey!”
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It really was.

Life is full. Life is difficult at times.

But I’d do it all over again.

I like you more everyday. And that’s not an Instagram post. That’s real. Happy Anniversary, @christistraub
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Let’s keep it fresh 😉

For one month you’ve been my sidekick at 3:30AM.

For one month you’ve been my sidekick at 3:30AM. I hear staying awake to hang at 3:30PM is “in” right now. Maybe we should try it sometime. Happy one month, little guy. You are loved.

The progression of every child’s emotions during

The progression of every child’s emotions during a parent lecture—in baby faces.

I spent some time listening, reading, and praying

I spent some time listening, reading, and praying the last 7 years. I didn’t know a lot about racial injustice, but I did what I felt I could. I wrote on talking to kids about it. Sat in circles of black and brown men discussing books like Post Traumatic Slave Syndrome by @dr.joydegruy and The New Jim Crow by #MichelleAlexander. In my naïveté, I was shocked when I was first called names for saying black lives matter. My friend @richvillodas warned me that would likely happen.

Unfortunately, my voice only came when everyone else’s did. When it was relevant. For the last few years I silenced myself—out of fear of saying the wrong things, out of fear of being called names again, and out of fear I needed to be more educated.

But these kids right here are the reason I can’t remain silent. On Friday, I heard my son singing passionately outside my office window, “Fear, fear, get out of here; get out of here for good.” See video.
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Just like that, my son taught me the lesson I needed. The timing couldn’t have been more purposeful as the next day these friends laughed it up together on the lake.

Racism carries a spirit of fear. The past 2 weeks, my friend @loswhit and my pastor @fatheraaronsmallwood have helped me realize my voice matters. And, prophetically, racism will only be eradicated when the white Church stands for justice.

Friends, this is a systemic stronghold we know very little of. But one thing’s for sure, if we want to end racial injustice, it has to be generational. That’s why my voice, in how we lead our homes—and for these children—will not be silenced. I’m learning that...
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1. Before I teach my kids, I need to see the world through their eyes. Jesus told us to become like children. It’s the path of humility. And nobody wins without leading in humility.
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2. Our approach to justice has to be first and foremost gospel-centered. Viewing racial injustice through the lens of politics w/o the gospel will leave you running scared, or worse yet, with an us-versus-them mentality. That’s not the gospel and it unites nobody.
3. The more colorful our lives become, the richer the legacy we leave our children.
4. Fear is a liar. Get out of here for good.

Micah 6:8 #blackouttuesday

Micah 6:8 #blackouttuesday

The past few years I have read books, asked questi

The past few years I have read books, asked questions, and sat in circles with black & brown brothers and sisters seeking to understand a way of life I was ignorant to growing up. I was raised in central PA in a sea of whiteness. IN MY HOME, I had no context for any other way of life.

Then, in grad school, I moved to NYC, where I was the minority. My eyes started to open. For the next 8 years I shared a room, apt, or house with a friend not my skin color. Brothers I’d die for. IN MY HOME, I saw a perspective different than my own.

Then, I became a dad. I sat in more circles and began to write about how to talk to our kids about racial injustice. I want my kids to know a better way because if we’re going to change the tide of racial injustice in America, it begins IN OUR HOME.

Our kids pick up our ignorance, arrogance, or compassion. I’m learning the latter deepens the more we listen.

This past week has been one of much emotion. Mixed in for me was the joy of welcoming a baby boy into the world. He’s white. He won’t have the same worries like many of my black and brown friends having children. But one thing’s for sure—IN OUR HOME, he’ll learn to value the unique God-given color of his friends and what it means to enter their story.

My prayer is Jesus’ prayer in John 17:21, that we could be one as God is One. But friends, that starts IN OUR HOME. Especially, to my white brothers and sisters in the Church, I believe we hold the key to ending the deep seed of racism in America. But this is a marathon.

My pastor @fatheraaronsmallwood was in tears all week and said to me this weekend, “I’m tired. Josh, I’m just tired.”
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My friend pastor @richvillodas quoting Dan LeBatard said, “If you are tired of hearing about racism, imagine how tired people must be of experiencing it.”
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This is the great divide. A tired black culture and a scared white culture. But IN OUR HOME, fear of saying the wrong thing won’t keep us silent.

IN OUR HOME, we will pray.
IN OUR HOME, we will listen.
IN OUR HOME, we will seek to understand.
IN OUR HOME, we will speak up.
IN OUR HOME, black lives matter.
IN OUR HOME, our kids will learn a better way.
IN OUR HOME...

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