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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 LoftusFamily

Jenny & Tyler, "A Boy & a Girl (We're Getting Older)" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sorry there was no post yesterday. Today I wanted to share a sweet music video from Jenny & Tyler’s latest record, There Will Be A Song:

Matthew LoftusFamily

Jenny & Tyler, "A Boy & a Girl (We're Getting Older)" - Doctors Without Boredom

Sorry there was no post yesterday. Today I wanted to share a sweet music video from Jenny & Tyler’s latest record, There Will Be A Song:

Matthew LoftusFamily

The Tech-Wise Family Challenge - Doctors Without Boredom

My wife and I read Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family last year and really enjoyed it. (We have also really enjoyed putting some of its recommendations into practice! Now, there’s a 21-day challenge you can do with your family, starting […]

Matthew LoftusFamily

The Tech-Wise Family Challenge - Doctors Without Boredom

My wife and I read Andy Crouch’s The Tech-Wise Family last year and really enjoyed it. (We have also really enjoyed putting some of its recommendations into practice! Now, there’s a 21-day challenge you can do with your family, starting […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what role do traditional healers have in a modern healthcare system? - Doctors Without Boredom

On the fence just down the street from the hospital where I work in Kenya, there is a sign for a “Dr. Musa” promising treatments for everything from “business” to “male strength”. Sometimes as I walk through town, I will […]

Matthew LoftusHealth & Medicine

what role do traditional healers have in a modern healthcare system? - Doctors Without Boredom

On the fence just down the street from the hospital where I work in Kenya, there is a sign for a “Dr. Musa” promising treatments for everything from “business” to “male strength”. Sometimes as I walk through town, I will […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsCriminal Justicedirty moneycrime

$2.1 trillion in dirty money annually - Doctors Without Boredom

I felt like this interview itself was a little short and didn’t quite get to the point, but I am very interested in the degree to which the international finance industry might be reformed to help make corruption and crime […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsCriminal Justicedirty moneycrime

$2.1 trillion in dirty money annually - Doctors Without Boredom

I felt like this interview itself was a little short and didn’t quite get to the point, but I am very interested in the degree to which the international finance industry might be reformed to help make corruption and crime […]

Matthew LoftusCultureCriminal Justiceel salvador

"Is redemption even possible?" - Doctors Without Boredom

It’s impossible not to be moved by this story about gang members in El Salvador finding redemption for their souls (and practical help for their very difficult post-gang life!) in local churches: As I speak to Gomez, the former gang […]

Matthew LoftusCultureCriminal Justiceel salvador

"Is redemption even possible?" - Doctors Without Boredom

It’s impossible not to be moved by this story about gang members in El Salvador finding redemption for their souls (and practical help for their very difficult post-gang life!) in local churches: As I speak to Gomez, the former gang […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsdistributism

employee stock ownership plans - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciated Rachel Cohen’s discussion of what an employee stock ownership plan is and why there’s enthusiasm for them: Unlike conservatives, who have defended employee ownership on the grounds that it’s most certainly not socialism — indeed, it turns laborers into capitalists — […]

Matthew LoftusEconomicsdistributism

employee stock ownership plans - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciated Rachel Cohen’s discussion of what an employee stock ownership plan is and why there’s enthusiasm for them: Unlike conservatives, who have defended employee ownership on the grounds that it’s most certainly not socialism — indeed, it turns laborers into capitalists — […]