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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.

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 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.

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?

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 […]