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Matthew Loftus

loving those who would throw stones at us - Doctors Without Boredom

I have always savored Wesley Hill’s love for the Gospel; his first book, Washed and Waiting, is just full of it, which is why it’s a great book to read even if you don’t care a bit about the homosexuality debate. […]

Matthew Lee AndersonFeatured

His Mercy is on them that Fear Him | Mere Orthodoxy

Though it is widely misunderstood, fear should play a role in the sanctification of the believer, including in the sanctification of their sexual lives.

Guest WriterFeaturedHealth and Medicine

Faithful Suffering and Medicine After "The Baconian Project" - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

By John Brewer Eberly, Jr., MD and Ben Frush, MD We recently published a case commentary in the AMA Journal of Ethics titled, “What Should Physicians and Chaplains Do When a Patient Believes God Wants Him to Suffer?” which has us […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsEducation

community impact - Doctors Without Boredom

When I was in college, I spent three summers living in Kenya and working in Kibera, an urban slum that is home to over a million people. It was there that I first felt called to long-term cross-cultural work, worked […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsEducation

community impact - Doctors Without Boredom

When I was in college, I spent three summers living in Kenya and working in Kibera, an urban slum that is home to over a million people. It was there that I first felt called to long-term cross-cultural work, worked […]

Jake MeadorArt

I Hope I'm Wrong by Dessa - Commonplaces

One of the things I am increasingly convinced of is the fact that many, many American young people are actually quite concerned with matters of spirituality and religious life. The much-discussed “rise of the nones” is less about the rejection of […]

Jake MeadorArt

I Hope I'm Wrong by Dessa - Commonplaces

One of the things I am increasingly convinced of is the fact that many, many American young people are actually quite concerned with matters of spirituality and religious life. The much-discussed “rise of the nones” is less about the rejection of […]

Zack HolbrookFeatured

The Toxic Environments of First Reformed | Mere Orthodoxy

Paul Schrader's "First Reformed" is a careful and frustratingly ambiguous film asking questions about how places shape us and we, in turn, respond to them.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

flourishing and paid family leave - Doctors Without Boredom

The Families Valued initiative of the Center for Public Justice has just released their new report on paid family leave, and I have some thoughts about it over on the main page. I think they make a pretty solid argument […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

flourishing and paid family leave - Doctors Without Boredom

The Families Valued initiative of the Center for Public Justice has just released their new report on paid family leave, and I have some thoughts about it over on the main page. I think they make a pretty solid argument […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

"the patient in the hospital bed is just the icon" - Doctors Without Boredom

Abraham Verghese has a moving and pointed reflection about the ubiquity of technology in the hospital: When students arrive on the wards full time, white coats packed with the aforementioned instruments, measuring tape, tuning fork, flashlight and Snellen eye chart, […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

"the patient in the hospital bed is just the icon" - Doctors Without Boredom

Abraham Verghese has a moving and pointed reflection about the ubiquity of technology in the hospital: When students arrive on the wards full time, white coats packed with the aforementioned instruments, measuring tape, tuning fork, flashlight and Snellen eye chart, […]