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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.

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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.

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 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 […]

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, […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyFeaturedEconomics and BusinessCurrent Politics

Time to Flourish: On the Center for Public Justice's New Paid Family Leave Report - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

The Center for Public Justice's new report on paid family leave is a valuable advocacy piece on an important issue, but lacks detail in key places.

Matthew LoftusEthics

transitional justice for Jim Crow - Doctors Without Boredom

Decades after the Civil Rights Act and the end of Jim Crow, it’s clear that American attempts to reckon with racial injustices have been insufficient. But what could we have done — or do — differently? Anthony Bradley has a […]

Matthew LoftusEthics

transitional justice for Jim Crow - Doctors Without Boredom

Decades after the Civil Rights Act and the end of Jim Crow, it’s clear that American attempts to reckon with racial injustices have been insufficient. But what could we have done — or do — differently? Anthony Bradley has a […]

Matthew LoftusPoliticsFeatured

Defending the Vulnerable Requires More Than Centrist Justices

Freedom Road's call to "pause" the culture war until a moderate justice can be found to replace Anthony Kennedy actually reinforces culture war norms.

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

desire like dynamite - Doctors Without Boredom

This op-ed from the New York Times about raising a child in a world facing environmental crisis is moving, even if you disagree with its premises: Living ethically means understanding that our actions have consequences, taking responsibility for how those […]