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Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthicsEducation

education and all God's children - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciated D.L. Mayfield’s essay about educating our children and “gifted and talented” programs: What is the right relationship to educational choice for the Christian? It’s complicated, and I often think about what Paul was trying to communicate in […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthicsEducation

education and all God's children - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciated D.L. Mayfield’s essay about educating our children and “gifted and talented” programs: What is the right relationship to educational choice for the Christian? It’s complicated, and I often think about what Paul was trying to communicate in […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEthics

the moral vision of George Bailey - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciated what K.B. Hoyle had to say about It’s a Wonderful Life: Most of the film is devoted to showing us these things about George’s life. From the deafness he suffers in one ear—physical disability—to having to miss out […]

Matthew LoftusCultureEthics

the moral vision of George Bailey - Doctors Without Boredom

I really appreciated what K.B. Hoyle had to say about It’s a Wonderful Life: Most of the film is devoted to showing us these things about George’s life. From the deafness he suffers in one ear—physical disability—to having to miss out […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryEthicsEducation

culture is learning to be free - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fascinating interview with Patrick Deneen at the ever-worthwhile Comment magazine (subscribe now for $30/year!) Liberalism ends in slavery because its notion of freedom involves the pursuit of desires that can never be sated, that can never be fulfilled. […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryEthicsEducation

culture is learning to be free - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a fascinating interview with Patrick Deneen at the ever-worthwhile Comment magazine (subscribe now for $30/year!) Liberalism ends in slavery because its notion of freedom involves the pursuit of desires that can never be sated, that can never be fulfilled. […]

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 LoftusCultureHistoryEthicsEconomics

Sabbath and soil - Doctors Without Boredom

Years ago, when I first studied Isaiah 58, I found its call to honor the Sabbath mingled with the call to do away with violence and injustice odd. I suppose that I had grown up thinking of Sabbath-keeping as a […]

Matthew LoftusCultureHistoryEthicsEconomics

Sabbath and soil - Doctors Without Boredom

Years ago, when I first studied Isaiah 58, I found its call to honor the Sabbath mingled with the call to do away with violence and injustice odd. I suppose that I had grown up thinking of Sabbath-keeping as a […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

stopping adultery with honesty - Doctors Without Boredom

Judy Wu Dominick shares her story at Christianity Today about telling her husband that she had feelings for another man: Looking back, it’s not surprising it happened. I was in the midst of a major identity shift that was changing the […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyEthics

stopping adultery with honesty - Doctors Without Boredom

Judy Wu Dominick shares her story at Christianity Today about telling her husband that she had feelings for another man: Looking back, it’s not surprising it happened. I was in the midst of a major identity shift that was changing the […]