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Guest WriterFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas
And I saw no temple in the city, for its temple is the Lord God the Almighty and the Lamb. And the city has no need of sun or moon to shine on it, for the glory of God gives […]
Matthew WilcoxenFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas
Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth, for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and the sea was no more. And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven […]
Matthew WilcoxenFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas
The advent of Christ is an assault on ungodly rule and elicits its fiercest opposition—including the slaughter of the innocent.
John SheltonFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas
On December 27th we celebrate the faithfulness of St John, the beloved disciple, and are comforted by the assurance that God judges justly.
Jake MeadorSacred Season
Join Erin and Danielle as they the season of Christmas and how Christ’s incarnation shapes the way we think about and relate to our own bodies.
Ali KjergaardFeaturedFormation12 Days of Christmas
Bonhoeffer likened the coming of Christ to the sound a trapped miner hears when rescue is drawing close. He responds to the sounds with shouts of joy.
Susannah Black RobertsUncategorized
Among the many reasons for my affection for the 16th c. German political philosopher and jurist Johannes Althusius is this: He gets specific, to a degree that may be fanciful but is endlessly fascinating, about the commonality between different levels of political […]
Joshua HeavinFeatured
If the world isn't ultimately defined by zero-sum power struggles but by something deeper then we can expose ourselves to risk on behalf of the weak.
Jake Meador
In yet another instance of the alarming fall of the Christian right, the Trumpists are violating the third commandment again.
Jake MeadorFeatured
This is our annual list of some of the top essays, reviews, and columns published at Mere O in 2019.
Jake MeadorFeatured
Each year in December we publish our Eliot Awards at Mere Orthodoxy for excellence in long-form writing over the past 12 months.
Matthew ArboPoliticsFeaturedChurch
Wesley's evocative line in "Hark, the Herald Angels Sing," is a reference to Haggai. Looking closely at the text can help us better understand the hymn.