Emmaus Always

Then They Came for Me

Read my latest column in the Eugene Weekly

Nov 7, 2022 • 

Dan Bryant

Welcome to Emmaus Always

a blog about Faith, Politics & Culture.

Nov 5, 2022 • 

Dan Bryant

September 2022

The Justice of Law and Order

I’ve always considered myself more of a “social justice” guy than a “law and order” person. Not that the two are necessarily in opposition, but growing…

Sep 21, 2022 • 

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August 2022

Driving Out of the Body in Texas

The Supreme Court overturns Roe and Texas now counts fetuses as “persons.” Naturally a woman carrying such a person in Plano, Texas does the math and…

Aug 11, 2022 • 

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June 2022

For the Children of Uvalde

My column on gun violence in schools for the Eugene Weekly.

Jun 17, 2022 • 

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May 2022

The Moral Issue

In the uproar over the leaked opinion of Justice Alito—a potential seismic shift in public policy—I fear a most critical issue is being overlooked.

May 5, 2022 • 

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March 2022

Nowhere to lay her head

Preface: The Register Guard reports this morning that the family of Annette Montero has filed a lawsuit against Sanipac and the driver of their truck…

Mar 5, 2022 • 

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Zelensky, Putin & God

Just a few weeks ago I was concerned about the survival of democracy in this country, now I am concerned about the survival of democracy in the world…

Mar 3, 2022 • 

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November 2021

The Child

“Image is everything,” asserted tennis heartthrob Andre Agassi in an ad campaign for Canon’s cameras in the early 90s.

Nov 23, 2021 • 

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October 2021

Lessons of War

The killing of 10 civilians in Afghanistan, seven of them children, on the penultimate day of the war, should serve as a lasting symbol not of the…

Oct 6, 2021 • 

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September 2021

Imagine a World of Peace

Address to the 240th Interfaith Prayer Service in Eugene on the Twentieth Anniversary of 9.11

Sep 12, 2021 • 

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Personal Freedom v. Public Health

Most citizens of this country could probably cite a phrase or two from the first two amendments to the Constitution (e.g “freedom of speech” or “the…

Sep 10, 2021 • 

Dan Bryant