Roberto Rivera

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  Dec 22, 2019

  Take away your phone and what is left?

  Five years ago, photographer Eric Pickersgill and his wife, Angie, were lying in bed, backs turned to one another, looking at their phones. When Pickersgill dozed off, his phone slid from his hand and hit the floor. The sound jolted him awake.

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  Dec 5, 2019

  The Church really can strengthen marriage (in fact, only the Church can)

  What happened in Jacksonville? The difference was the commitment of local Christians to go beyond lamenting the state of the family and to actually do something to help married people.

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  Nov 29, 2019

  Hong Kong chooses democracy. What will China do?

  This past weekend, pro-democracy advocates in Hong Kong won what the New York Times characterized as a “stunning victory” in local elections.

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  Nov 26, 2019

  The weaponization of 'identity'

  G.K. Chesterton once observed that the “special mark of the modern world is not that it is skeptical, but that it is dogmatic without knowing it.”

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  Nov 23, 2019

  'Hallmark's Countdown to Christmas' is tapping into something

  The sappiness of “Hallmark’s Countdown to Christmas” triggers a Pavlovian snark response for many of us. None of these movies are, shall we say, “critically acclaimed.” Still, what these movies lack in Emmy Awards, they make up for in something that those creating and distributing edgier flicks would kill for: millions and millions of viewers.

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  Nov 19, 2019

  DACA and the Supreme Court: There's no such thing as a 'political issue'

  In recent years, both political parties have shifted talking points on immigration and now effectively hold positions dictated by their most extreme members. Any hope for a legislative solution seems impossible.

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  Nov 13, 2019

  Exposing China's cultural genocide

  Christians must do whatever we can to make people look with painful clarity at the persecution of religious minorities in China. We must care, and we must call our leaders to care.

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  Nov 10, 2019

  Abortion rates down but the mission remains

  A recent report from the Guttmacher Institute contained very good news: In 2017, the abortion rate fell to its lowest point since Roe v. Wade was decided. The report also contained some not-so-good news: The pro-life gains Christians often talk about are probably “exaggerated.”

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  Nov 2, 2019

  Gender dysphoria: The invisible victims of political correctness

  Young people in emotional pain and distress are asking adults for help. But, because of our ideological blind spots, we give them serpents and scorpions instead of what they really need.

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  Nov 1, 2019

  Making 'ecocide' a crime

  With the modern environmental movement, which emerged in the late 1960s and early 1970s, came a new term: ecocide. It means the deliberate destruction of the natural environment.