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Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

longing for community - Doctors Without Boredom

My friend Breanna Randall shares some thought-provoking observations about community life in North America and Southeast Asia: It’s not my goal to communicate that my Southeast Asian neighborhood is objectively better than that of my North American counterparts (though I’ve […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

longing for community - Doctors Without Boredom

My friend Breanna Randall shares some thought-provoking observations about community life in North America and Southeast Asia: It’s not my goal to communicate that my Southeast Asian neighborhood is objectively better than that of my North American counterparts (though I’ve […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryCriminal Justice

murder, policing, and justice - Doctors Without Boredom

This well-reported story about TJ Smith, the Baltimore Police Department’s former spokesman who lost his half-brother to violence in the city (and just resigned!), is well worth reading and reflecting on: As for Smith, his failed struggle to lead Dionay […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureHistoryCriminal Justice

murder, policing, and justice - Doctors Without Boredom

This well-reported story about TJ Smith, the Baltimore Police Department’s former spokesman who lost his half-brother to violence in the city (and just resigned!), is well worth reading and reflecting on: As for Smith, his failed struggle to lead Dionay […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthics

how do we get the people we need? - Doctors Without Boredom

Localism is a necessary part of moral formation. But a faithful local community is one that will be proclaiming the Gospel in word and deed.

Matthew LoftusFamilyCultureEthics

how do we get the people we need? - Doctors Without Boredom

Localism is a necessary part of moral formation. But a faithful local community is one that will be proclaiming the Gospel in word and deed.

Matthew LoftusFamilyEducation

God and public schools - Doctors Without Boredom

Like Emily Hubbard, I grew up in a conservative Christian milieu that thought public schools were a moral cesspool where I would be exposed to drugs, sex, and possibly even evolutionary theory. And now she sends her kids to a […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyEducation

God and public schools - Doctors Without Boredom

Like Emily Hubbard, I grew up in a conservative Christian milieu that thought public schools were a moral cesspool where I would be exposed to drugs, sex, and possibly even evolutionary theory. And now she sends her kids to a […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

"a joy that is never void of heartache" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a painful and necessary post from Jason Johnson about foster care and adoption: The new reality of our family, having now adopted that little girl that was once a file on top of a stack, is that we […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyCulture

"a joy that is never void of heartache" - Doctors Without Boredom

This is a painful and necessary post from Jason Johnson about foster care and adoption: The new reality of our family, having now adopted that little girl that was once a file on top of a stack, is that we […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHistoryEducation

black homeschooling in America - Doctors Without Boredom

This piece about black families in America choosing to homeschool captures many of the elements that families struggle with over the public school system: Yet Fields-Smith made a point of noting the respect black families had for the people running […]

Matthew LoftusFamilyHistoryEducation

black homeschooling in America - Doctors Without Boredom

This piece about black families in America choosing to homeschool captures many of the elements that families struggle with over the public school system: Yet Fields-Smith made a point of noting the respect black families had for the people running […]