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Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

"a joy that is never void of heartache" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a painful and necessary post from Jason Johnson about foster care and adoption: The new reality of our family, having now adopted that little girl that was once a file on top of a stack, is that we […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHistoryEducation

black homeschooling in America - Doctors Without Boredom

This piece about black families in America choosing to homeschool captures many of the elements that families struggle with over the public school system: Yet Fields-Smith made a point of noting the respect black families had for the people running […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHistoryEducation

black homeschooling in America - Doctors Without Boredom

This piece about black families in America choosing to homeschool captures many of the elements that families struggle with over the public school system: Yet Fields-Smith made a point of noting the respect black families had for the people running […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Disruptive Witness by Alan Noble | Mere Orthodoxy

Alan Noble's new book succeeds at being both a description of the world as we experience it and a set of proposals for how Christians should respond.

Matthew Lee AndersonMere Fidelity

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 11 (on time and the Christian Life)

Mere Fidelity: Confessions, Book 11 (on time and the Christian Life)

Matthew Loftus

the ecosystems of vacant lots - Doctors Without Boredom

Having lived around a lot of vacant lots in Baltimore and seen many that were tinkered with and then abandoned again, this story from Andrea Appleton about a researcher trying to find what grows best, absorbs toxins, and retains stormwater […]

Matthew Loftus

the ecosystems of vacant lots - Doctors Without Boredom

Having lived around a lot of vacant lots in Baltimore and seen many that were tinkered with and then abandoned again, this story from Andrea Appleton about a researcher trying to find what grows best, absorbs toxins, and retains stormwater […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthicsEconomics

the necessity and history of corporate social responsbility - Doctors Without Boredom

I very much look forward to reading Kyle Edward Williams’ thesis on corporate social responsibility whenever it comes out. For now, he’s got a great piece in the Washington Post on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to bring responsibility back to corporate […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthicsEconomics

the necessity and history of corporate social responsbility - Doctors Without Boredom

I very much look forward to reading Kyle Edward Williams’ thesis on corporate social responsibility whenever it comes out. For now, he’s got a great piece in the Washington Post on Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s plan to bring responsibility back to corporate […]

Jake MeadorChurch

Why do so many people feel the need to lie about Cardinal McCarrick?

The reporting is clear that Cardinal McCarrick sexually harassed young men. So why do so many in the church and the media keep lying about it?

Jake MeadorChurch

Why do so many people feel the need to lie about Cardinal McCarrick?

The reporting is clear that Cardinal McCarrick sexually harassed young men. So why do so many in the church and the media keep lying about it?

Matthew LoftusEducation

The glory of reading - Doctors Without Boredom

Micah Meadowcroft sounds a refrain that we can’t hear often enough: The glory of reading is its capacity to make us more ourselves, as we learn with minimal mediation how to pay attention and integrate within our own minds the […]