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Matthew LoftusEthics

ends and kinds in creation - Doctors Without Boredom

Matthew Arbo reflects on Oliver O'Donovan's doctrine of creation and its implications for science and ethics.

Joseph MinichFeaturedEvangelicalism

On Doubting Well | Mere Orthodoxy

Much reflection on doubt and Christianity gives the impression that the only ways forward are a fideist retreat to commitment or a renouncing of the faith.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 8

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 8

Matthew LoftusCulture

the problem with values - Doctors Without Boredom

When we talk about "values" but not character, we cut ourselves off from the things we want.

Jake Meador

Concrete Proposals Focus the Mind - Commonplaces

When relationships are ephemeral and optional, disagreements dominate. When they are anchored in something tangible, principled compromise becomes possible.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen

Deneen's critics who focus on policy questions are missing the point of Deneen's book, which is that the world responsible for those policies is failing.

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Wolves of Instagram - Commonplaces

The Guardian's story on financial fraud on Instagram is about way more than just technology and finance; it's about poverty, loneliness, and desperation.

Matthew LoftusFamilyHealth & Medicine

life and death for black mothers and their babies - Doctors Without Boredom

Black mothers & their children die at higher rates than their white counterparts, even when controlling for income and education. What can be done?

Brandon McGinleyPoliticsFeatured

Stop Making Hospitality Complicated | Mere Orthodoxy

If we think "hospitality" means "entertaining" and "serving gourmet meals in an immaculately clean house," we'll probably never practice actual hospitality.

Matthew LoftusCulture

"For G-d So Loved Haiti" - Doctors Without Boredom

There is so much here in this long essay about the controversial Pentecostal preachers of Haiti and the traditional Vodou practices: I asked [the pastor] whether he had founded Shalom to combat Vodou in the country, and he shook his […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

performance improvement: if all you measure is garbage, you will get garbage - Doctors Without Boredom

Everybody thinks performance improvement for doctors. The problem is deciding what you're going to measure.

Guest WriterFeaturedChurchEvangelicalism

Today's World Would Not Be Strange to Paul: On Church Discipline

When Paul wrote to the Corinthians on discipline and sexual sin he was writing to people who lived in a world that was in many ways like our own.