Alcuin's Nightingale

March 11th, 2024 | 8 min read

How does nature move, even transform, the soul? Amidst many discussions about the importance and value of the natural world, I do not think this question is considered with anything like sufficient attention.

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Jake Meador

Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, First Things, Books & Culture, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

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Alcuin's Nightingale

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