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Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

better birth outcomes for black babies and their mothers - Doctors Without Boredom

There is more and more data coming out about the risk of death for black mothers and their babies in America, so I was really encouraged to read this article about using the Centering Pregnancy model of care for black […]

Matthew LoftusFeaturedCurrent Politics

And Who Is My Neighbor? - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The Bible tells Christians to love their neighbors as they love themselves. But who is their neighbor? The man next door? Yes. The people who live across town? Surely. Those who live in another part of their country? Okay. People […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

parenting, control, and obligations - Doctors Without Boredom

I very much appreciated this word from Hannah Anderson at Christ and Pop Culture about parenthood: The first thing we should do is realize that the level of control we feel is not as defined as it seems. To us, the […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

parenting, control, and obligations - Doctors Without Boredom

I very much appreciated this word from Hannah Anderson at Christ and Pop Culture about parenthood: The first thing we should do is realize that the level of control we feel is not as defined as it seems. To us, the […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthics

holy culture and horticulture - Doctors Without Boredom

Wilfred McClay has a beautiful and much-needed essay at Comment on the tension Christians experience between our calling to be gardeners and pilgrims: We plant, tend, and nourish gardens, gather and prune them, negotiating and harmonizing the resultants of nature’s forces. We […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthics

holy culture and horticulture - Doctors Without Boredom

Wilfred McClay has a beautiful and much-needed essay at Comment on the tension Christians experience between our calling to be gardeners and pilgrims: We plant, tend, and nourish gardens, gather and prune them, negotiating and harmonizing the resultants of nature’s forces. We […]

Brad LittlejohnFeatured

In Praise of Uncertainty - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Imagine that you are a young man and one day your father commands you to find the donkeys that have wandered off, like poor young Saul was commanded to do in 1 Samuel. How will you do this? To find the […]

Matthew LoftusBibleCultureEthics

solidarity and healing after the Tree of Life shooting - Doctors Without Boredom

My own connection to Pittsburgh is only through friends; my kids have played on the playground across the street from the Tree of Life synagogue several times. I wanted to share a few pieces about the incident, starting with this […]

Matthew LoftusBibleCultureEthics

solidarity and healing after the Tree of Life shooting - Doctors Without Boredom

My own connection to Pittsburgh is only through friends; my kids have played on the playground across the street from the Tree of Life synagogue several times. I wanted to share a few pieces about the incident, starting with this […]

Matthew Lee Anderson

Mere Fidelity: Procreation, For and Against - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Derek and Alastair put Matt through the trauma of a second dissertation defense, as they together discuss the reasons why we procreate and the reasons we might choose not to. If you’re interested in supporting the show financially, you can […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthicsHealth & Medicine

how bodies matter in miscarriage - Doctors Without Boredom

Tish Harrison Warren has a moving and beautiful essay at Christianity Today about her quest to honor the body of her unborn child: Our doctor wasn’t a jerk or insensitive to our grief. He was professional; we liked him. But he worked […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthicsHealth & Medicine

how bodies matter in miscarriage - Doctors Without Boredom

Tish Harrison Warren has a moving and beautiful essay at Christianity Today about her quest to honor the body of her unborn child: Our doctor wasn’t a jerk or insensitive to our grief. He was professional; we liked him. But he worked […]