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Matthew Loftus

Matthew grew up in a family of 15 children and completed his medical training in Baltimore, Maryland. Since 2015, he and his family have lived in East Africa, where he currently teaches and practices Family Medicine at a mission hospital. His work has appeared in outlets such as The New York Times, The Atlantic, The New Atlantis, and Mere Orthodoxy and his first book is forthcoming from InterVarsity Press. You can learn more about his work and writing at www.matthewandmaggie.org.

By Matthew Loftus

Will the Church Continue to Kill People with Hepatitis C?

May 15th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

The healthcare problem markets and charity can’t fix

May 12th, 2017|2 min read

By Matthew Loftus

You CAN force your morality on others! That’s what government is for.

May 9th, 2017|1 min read

By Matthew Loftus

New Gods and Old Demons

April 27th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

5 ways to actually reform American healthcare

March 29th, 2017|7 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Health care is not a human right, but it is also not just a market commodity

March 24th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

A Social Justice Warrior in King Roderick’s Court

March 24th, 2017|12 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Andy Crouch on race, power, and culture making

March 13th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

addiction: the devil you can measure and the devil you can’t

March 8th, 2017|5 min read

By Matthew Loftus

This is war! Now put down your sword and pick up your ear trumpet.

February 27th, 2017|6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Is the Benedict Option a “Safe Space”?

February 23rd, 2017|5 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Civics is not LARPing

January 27th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Sympathy for the Trump Voter

January 23rd, 2017|5 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Paul’s Letter to American Christians, The Alternate Ending

January 16th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Go to Church LOL: An Impertinent Catechism

January 11th, 2017|11 min read

By Matthew Loftus

I love candy, but I’m glad my wife won’t let me eat it all the time

January 4th, 2017|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

What Wendell Berry Gets Wrong About Wendell Berry

January 2nd, 2017|6 min read

By Matthew Loftus

If our enemy is modernity, aren’t immigrants and Muslims on our side?

December 21st, 2016|4 min read

By Matthew Loftus

Make the healthcare system better with this one weird trick!

December 17th, 2016|3 min read

By Matthew Loftus

In lieu of tweet threads

December 17th, 2016