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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

In the midst of another COVID19-related novelty I realized one of the ways some of us will look back on 2020. I was reviewing our…

5 min readDec 19, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

Fear

I don’t recall feeling much fear since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. One definite exception occurred near the beginning of March…

6 min readMay 1, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

COVID Dreams

Sunday night I did not sleep well. This is not a new problem for me as I’ve struggled with insomnia since childhood. But that night was an…

4 min readApr 24, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

From Chikungunya to COVID-19

When I reflect on nearly six years of training and practice as an infectious disease doctor, one of the most natural ways I divide that…

8 min readApr 18, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

Unexpected Blessings

I’ve long had an uneasy relationship with the way many Christians think about the suffering and evil we see in the world. In the mid-2000s…

5 min readApr 12, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

First thoughts and first 100 days

Someone asked me if I took immediate notice when I heard of an outbreak of a new coronavirus which later would be named SARS-CoV-2, the…

4 min readApr 10, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

How bad is it?

A question that has been at the forefront of my mind since I first heard of an outbreak of a new coronavirus in China has been, “how…

7 min readApr 3, 2020

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Matt Perkins
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Health of the People and Star of the stormy Sea

Liminality

One theme I’ve repeatedly encountered in the sermons of my parish priest, the Rev. Dr. Lin Lilley, is the theme of “Liminal Space.” This…

3 min readMar 30, 2020

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Matt Perkins

Matt Perkins

I’m an Infectious Disease doctor and Pacific Northwest native. I’m also very involved in my church and am an Anglo-Catholic Christian.

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