Jonathan Aigner

Liturgy, hymns, worship, and stuff. Blogger or something. Church music director. Post-evangelical. Husband, dad, baritone. Modern worship skeptic.

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@StJohnsPriest That’s encouraging. I’d love to come back sometime. With jobs and small children we don’t leave Texas often these days. But I’d especially like to visit your fine parish. Are you considered to be in the Anglo-Catholic camp?

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@StJohnsPriest I did get to see a game at Tiger Stadium in the summer of ‘99. I was a junior in high school and my dad and I dragged my mom on a tour of upper Midwest baseball stadiums. Also got lost in Hamtramck, so it was particularly exciting.

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@StJohnsPriest I last visited Detroit in ‘06 but was more interested then in spending time at another type of cathedral at the corner of Michigan and Trumbull during the day, and watching my Astros lose to the home team at night.

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@StJohnsPriest Craig Biggio used to talk about a doubleheader he played as a rookie. He was hot and tired after the first game and then he went into the clubhouse and saw Buddy Bell getting his knee drained so he could play the second game. He decided not to complain any more.

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@wthrockmorton Wow!

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@StJohnsPriest That’s the best explanation I’ve read thus far. Thank you.

Let me know if you ever make a trip to Houston to visit Justin Verlander. I’d love to pick your brain.

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@StJohnsPriest So Father, why does St. John’s (or anyone else for that matter) use the ‘28 over the ‘79?

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@StJohnsPriest I get it, but simple can still be beautiful. And when it comes to media and special effects, round drywall churches still often seem to find the money.

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@StJohnsPriest So beautiful. But no, we can’t build pretty churches anymore, because round churches and baby boomers.

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@Pasadena_EDC @PasadenaTX This is nothing short of a tragedy. The building is a gem, and it didn’t need to be taken down. Shame on ownership, Mayors Isbell, Manlove, and now Wagner for not having more foresight and ingenuity. Tear down that awful shell of a mall instead.

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@GrizzardKelly @Pigdowndog I mean, the dude ran around on his first wife, divorced her, married his mistress, kept his job as pastor, and claims to be a moral authority. It’s not cool.

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@CNPalerts I put my kids down thinking that I could cool the place off within an hour. Three hours later and the people across the street have power but not us.

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@energyinsights I put my kids down thinking that I could cool the place off within an hour. Three hours later and the people across the street have power but not us.

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@StJohnsPriest I can hear Ernie Harwell’s voice in my mind calling the end of that one.

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@perrynoble But, but, but...if you had home to seminary and learned about soteriology you’d know how problematic this constant boasting is.

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@wthrockmorton Ask Scot McKnight. He’s smarter than I am.