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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

"Shallow songs last for three years, and breed shallow believers that last for three years." - Doctors Without Boredom

Worship music is powerful and formative. How does contemporary worship music form us, for better or worse?

Matthew Loftus

"Shallow songs last for three years, and breed shallow believers that last for three years." - Doctors Without Boredom

Worship music is powerful and formative. How does contemporary worship music form us, for better or worse?

Matthew LoftusEthicsEducationHealth & Medicine

more on teaching professionalism to medical students - Doctors Without Boredom

After reading Brewer Eberly’s great piece on the main site about virtue ethics and the Reformed tradition, I was delighted to find this reflection from him about teaching professionalism to medical students: And yet, medical students may be disconnected from moral […]

Matthew LoftusEthicsEducationHealth & Medicine

more on teaching professionalism to medical students - Doctors Without Boredom

After reading Brewer Eberly’s great piece on the main site about virtue ethics and the Reformed tradition, I was delighted to find this reflection from him about teaching professionalism to medical students: And yet, medical students may be disconnected from moral […]

Matthew LoftusBibleHistory

there may have been a manger, but it wasn't a stable - Doctors Without Boredom

Stop your nativity pageants! What, then, does it mean for the kataluma to have ‘no space’? It means that many, like Joseph and Mary, have travelled to Bethlehem, and the family guest room is already full, probably with other relatives who arrived earlier. […]

Matthew LoftusBibleHistory

there may have been a manger, but it wasn't a stable - Doctors Without Boredom

Stop your nativity pageants! What, then, does it mean for the kataluma to have ‘no space’? It means that many, like Joseph and Mary, have travelled to Bethlehem, and the family guest room is already full, probably with other relatives who arrived earlier. […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

baby steps on criminal justice reform - Doctors Without Boredom

Emma Green looks at the conservative Christian push for the First Step Act and the pushback from other Christian leaders wary of working with Trump on anything — and leaving the underlying issues unaddressed: Conservative religious leaders like Colson saw […]

Matthew LoftusCriminal Justice

baby steps on criminal justice reform - Doctors Without Boredom

Emma Green looks at the conservative Christian push for the First Step Act and the pushback from other Christian leaders wary of working with Trump on anything — and leaving the underlying issues unaddressed: Conservative religious leaders like Colson saw […]

Matthew LoftusHistoryEconomics

makes you wanna holler - Doctors Without Boredom

This report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (an organization doing more than any other, I think, to highlight where and how people can be working for the localism we like to talk about) highlights how dollar stores deliver low-quality goods […]

Matthew LoftusHistoryEconomics

makes you wanna holler - Doctors Without Boredom

This report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (an organization doing more than any other, I think, to highlight where and how people can be working for the localism we like to talk about) highlights how dollar stores deliver low-quality goods […]

Matthew Loftus

what cannot be rebuilt - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a heartbreaking story about the exodus of Christians from Iraq by Janine di Giovanni: In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State occupied Christian cities and villages across northern Iraq, appropriated Christian homes, and destroyed farms of Christian […]

Matthew Loftus

what cannot be rebuilt - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a heartbreaking story about the exodus of Christians from Iraq by Janine di Giovanni: In the summer of 2014, the Islamic State occupied Christian cities and villages across northern Iraq, appropriated Christian homes, and destroyed farms of Christian […]