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Matthew LoftusCulture

learning the tools that let you make your own tools - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs doesn’t want kids to learn to code. But he does think they should learn to build their own websites: To teach children how to own their own domains and make their own websites might seem a small thing. […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEconomics

what it costs our kids - Doctors Without Boredom

Tara Ann Thieke describes the ugly side of childcare and the harms parents do to themselves and their children.

Matthew LoftusCulture

why can't white Christians take black Christians at their word? - Doctors Without Boredom

White Christians seem to have real difficulties taking their brothers and sisters of color at their word when it comes to racism. Why?

Matthew LoftusCulture

we can make up great things - like national identity! - Doctors Without Boredom

National identities might be "made up", but that doesn't make them any less real.

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryCriminal Justice

can Black Lives Matter achieve its goals? - Doctors Without Boredom

Cedric Johnson examines the history of identity politics and finds BLM wanting in its attempts to reform the police.

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthics

The Sacrifice of Africa - a book all missionaries to Africa should read - Doctors Without Boredom

Emmanuel Katongole's book is necessary reading for missionaries and anyone who relies on the trope of "tribalism" to explain violence in Africa.

Matthew LoftusCultureEconomicsHealth & Medicine

there are reasons why poor people eat what they eat - Doctors Without Boredom

Diet and socioeconomic status are closely linked because poverty fosters a sense of nihilism about health and the future.

Matthew LoftusCulturearts

can evangelicalism's corpse be revived? - Doctors Without Boredom

Alan Jacobs has a grim prediction for the future of evangelicalism: There will of course continue to be vibrant congregations that define themselves as evangelical, but fewer and fewer as the years go by, I think. Most churches that would […]

Matthew LoftusCulture

farewell to facebook - Doctors Without Boredom

I'm leaving Facebook. But don't worry, you will still have many opportunities to hear my opinions.

Matthew LoftusCulture

choosing our limitations - Doctors Without Boredom

If we want to get the benefits of community, we'll have to experience its limitations.

Matthew LoftusCulture

the insanity of autonomy - Doctors Without Boredom

By untethering ourselves from a sense of obligation to one another and sacralizing autonomy, we've sown the seeds for moral chaos.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCultureCulture War

Is it really that bad? Christianity, Secularism, and Apocalypse

"How to Survive the Apocalypse" is a great case for Christian faithful presence in a secular, pluralistic culture. But it is still a flawed, naive argument.