Sean J. Sennott

Goodness without knowledge is weak and feeble, yet knowledge without goodness is dangerous, and that both united form the noblest character- John Phillips

[SJP Athletics @sjpathletics]

What a weekend to close out the 2024-25 year!CONGRATS to @SJP_Lacrosse & @SJPTennis for their STATE CHAMPIONSHIP WINS!!!! & Happy Father’s Day! LETS GOOOOO EAGLES!!!! 🦅🥍🎾

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Noah’s raising money for childhood cancer. Help him become “Mr. Fordham” and donate on the link …https://t.co/yDmhcXP4T7

[St. John's Prep @stjohnsprep]

For the second consecutive year, Ian Richardson ’15 has qualified to compete for a Team USA boat at the World Rowing Championships. Earlier this week, rowing in the three seat, he helped his Lightweight Quad Sculls shell finish third in the preliminaries in Belgrade, Serbia.

[Tolkien Society @TolkienSociety]

A very happy birthday to J.R.R. #Tolkien's masterpiece The Lord of the Rings! The first part, The Fellowship of the Ring, was published on 29th July 1954. What impact has Tolkien's works had on you? #LOTR

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

@Chris_SmithsJ That’s where I did my long experiment too— lived right there at St. Anne’s.

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

@OnlyInBOS Tonic = Soda, elsewhere “Coke”, or “pop”

[Fleming Rutledge @flemingrut]

NT scholar Raymond E. Brown referred to Spong's work as "amateur night". Spong praised Brown's work but Brown wrote, "I hope I am not ungracious if I remark that I do not think that a single NT author would recognize Spong's Jesus as the figure being proclaimed or written about."

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

A perfect choice! https://t.co/Ep57DTaP2P

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Nick Lowe and Elvis Costello

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Watching the Detectives

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Mystery Dance- Elvis Costello!

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Cruel to be Kind

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Nick Lowe opening for Elvis Costello.

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

The list of practices that don't conform to the Gospel or to church teachings is a long one. But of course people usually don't refuse to serve any of these people.

Why not? Well, for one thing, if you refused to serve anyone you deem "sinful" your business would dry up...

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

In that case, besides refusing to serve divorced couples, they should refuse to serve couples living together before being married, as well as people who don't give to the poor or welcome strangers (Mt 25), people who call others names (Mt 5:21-22) and so on...

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

Do the refuse to serve non-Christians (which would surely be illegal) who don't believe in the Incarnation or Resurrection? Could a Catholic refuse to serve a Protestant?

The response is usually, "Well, this is about objecting to their offensive practices, not their beliefs..."

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

I would have more sympathy with web designers who refuse to serve certain people because of deeply held religious beliefs, if those certain people weren't always same-sex couples. Do they, e.g., refuse to serve people who are divorced, which Jesus himself condemns (Mt 19:9)?...

[James Martin, SJ @JamesMartinSJ]

But mainly it's because the objection is almost always only with same-sex marriage. Why?

There's an easy answer for this: homophobia. Everyone else gets a pass.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

On the Titan, five people died on an expensive excursion. Off the coast of Greece, perhaps 500 people fleeing poverty and violence died. The rescue efforts, and the attention paid to each, fueled a debate about the realities of class and ethnicity. https://t.co/z2rWmzXn8H

[Sean J. Sennott @sjsennott]

Well said! https://t.co/LWKUrQ5vmU