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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Nov 11, 20235 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 10-22-23
“What is the church’s policy about people sleeping out front on the sidewalk?” A long-time neighbor of All Saints’ asked me that question...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Nov 11, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 10-15-23
Cui bono? – That’s a Latin phrase which means, “Who stands to gain? Who benefits?” I despair of the terror, violence, and warfare...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Nov 11, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 10-1-23
Things aren’t always as they seem. Five-thirty Tuesday morning, as I was opening up the church for morning prayer, I heard two men...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Nov 11, 20233 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 9-17-23
“Do you want to give me a kiss?” – “I might never kiss you again!” At last weekend’s parish retreat, the leader asked “Who is a saint for...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Nov 11, 20231 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking 9-10-23
When Senior Warden Jean McMaster asked me what I wanted as a gift for our Celebration of New Ministry on September 30, I said that a...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Aug 31, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 9-3-23
I played a game of cat-and-mouse with a vehicle whose owner was parked illegally in our white zone for several days last week. I was...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Aug 31, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 8-27-23
Many of you will have heard by now that Kate and I are grandparents. My Chicago-daughter Rachel and her husband Adam brought Arthur...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Aug 31, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 8-20-23
As I sit in the chancel, waiting to begin six-o’clock morning prayer I hear the plaintive “who-hoo, hoo, hoo, hoo” of a mourning dove,...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Aug 31, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 8-13-23
The lone remaining relative of my parents’ generation died Saturday, August 5. My Aunt Marianne was the surviving widow of my dad’s baby...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Aug 31, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 8-6-23
“Praise in public. Correct in private.” I learned this valuable leadership lesson as I was given supervisory responsibilities at the...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 26, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking 7-30-23
“A damned good one!” has become my stock response when someone asks me the common question, “What kind of priest are you?” Of course,...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 19, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 7-2-23
Prayer, one of the ancients once said, is the hardest work for a follower of Jesus. Whenever we stop to pray – whether it’s at a...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 19, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 7-9-23
“You can’t be for peace if you support nuclear weapons.” A young man, sitting on the sidewalk at Haight and Ashbury, was repeating this...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 19, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 7-16-23
Let’s go, Giants! Kate and I finally made it to the ballpark. We went to a night game a couple weeks ago, and last Saturday we took in a...
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Fr. Daniel S.J. Scheid SCP
Jul 19, 20232 min read
What is Father Dan Thinking? 7-23-23
Dead Heads and hippies, old and young, made pilgrimage back to where it all began – the Haight-Ashbury – as the final concerts of The...
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