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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.
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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.
Matthew LoftusCulture
I felt like this piece from Clare Coffey about hope in the face of despair was very good, and I think you will, too: It is very possible that anxiety distorts perception of the world. It is also possible that […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
I know that I have readers who are medical professionals or healthcare administrators interested in integrating their faith and work as they serve the poor… so I’m delighted to share about CCHF Match, a service that tries to do just […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
I know that I have readers who are medical professionals or healthcare administrators interested in integrating their faith and work as they serve the poor… so I’m delighted to share about CCHF Match, a service that tries to do just […]
Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics
The Faith and Work movement set out to do something worthwhile: encouraging people to think of their work as a vocation honoring to God. Unfortunately, it has really focused on the vocations of the creative class and other upper-middle-class professionals […]
Matthew LoftusCultureEconomics
The Faith and Work movement set out to do something worthwhile: encouraging people to think of their work as a vocation honoring to God. Unfortunately, it has really focused on the vocations of the creative class and other upper-middle-class professionals […]
Matthew LoftusCulture
Shadi Hamid, who is one of the sharpest foreign policy commentators out there, has a really good interview in Providence magazine about Islam, liberalism, and pluralism: As for theological resources that conservatives might share across faiths, something I’ve been thinking about […]
Matthew LoftusCulture
Shadi Hamid, who is one of the sharpest foreign policy commentators out there, has a really good interview in Providence magazine about Islam, liberalism, and pluralism: As for theological resources that conservatives might share across faiths, something I’ve been thinking about […]
Matthew LoftusEconomics
Zoning reform, while decidedly unsexy, is probably one of the more important issues in America when it comes to reducing poverty. Housing is expensive and there’s no way to subsidize enough for everyone — we have to break down the […]
Matthew LoftusEconomics
Zoning reform, while decidedly unsexy, is probably one of the more important issues in America when it comes to reducing poverty. Housing is expensive and there’s no way to subsidize enough for everyone — we have to break down the […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
This entire essay from Raymond Barfield, reviewing Barbara Ehrenreich’s Natural Causes is gold: One conclusion to draw from her book is that we do not just need better doctors: we need better patients. And we only become better patients by […]
Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine
This entire essay from Raymond Barfield, reviewing Barbara Ehrenreich’s Natural Causes is gold: One conclusion to draw from her book is that we do not just need better doctors: we need better patients. And we only become better patients by […]
Matthew LoftusEthicsEconomics
Christians should be people of integrity — the world is watching us as we image Christ, and if we are not living with integrity, we shame Him. Sadly, failures of integrity happen far more often than we would like, with […]
