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Matthew Lee Anderson
Turns out, evangelicals really aren’t disliked as much as we tell ourselves after all: In the 2010 book American Grace, political scientists Robert D. Putnam and David E. Campbell presented the Faith Matters weather report, which was generally sunny and mild. […]
Matthew Lee AndersonUncategorized
Now that we're seven years old here at Mere-O, I figured it was time to do some experimenting with accepting advertisements. It wasn't an easy
Matthew Lee AndersonBlogging
Here are the top 10 posts from the past two months at Mere-O: 1. I unpacked the music of Terence Malick's beautiful Tree of Life and how
Matthew Lee AndersonPolitics
My friends Eric Teetsel and Timothy Dalrymple have assembled a crew of thoughtful folks to respond to the Circle of Protection, a coalition of Christians who have been putting pressure
Matthew Lee AndersonLiberal Arts
My friend Trevin Wax says wise things in response to Francis Chan's book on hell: What is needed is a response that takes into consideration the beauty of
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
Ted Peters, as quoted by Peter Leithart: “The growing myth of genetic determinism blows first in one direction: if we are programmed totally by our DNA, then what we think is human freedom is in fact a delusion. Then the […]
Matthew Lee AndersonFilm Reviews/HollywoodCulture
I'm still thinking through the finale to television's best show and determining what to do next with it. After four years together, I'm not
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
If you live in the Denver area, I'd love to meet you. I'll be speaking at Cherry Creek Presbyterian Church on Sunday, August 7th at 7:
Cate MacDonaldFormation
Part I here For most of my life, I have thought of forgiveness as a kind of restart button, an offering of a blank slate and a new beginning. An
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
The final installment (for now) of some of the things that people have been saying about Earthen Vessels. Cole Huffman, a pastor down in Memphis, did a little creative expansion on the tattoos chapter that is very much worth your […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
See part one for the qualifiers, which happen to be necessary. Otherwise, here we do go. First off, I was subject to my first open letter, which happened to be quite a bit more generous than most open letters: Jesus […]
Matthew Lee AndersonEarthen Vessels
We’re about six weeks into Earthen Vessels being available, which means that reviews are starting to trickle in. I am so thankful for everyone who has taken the time to read and comment on the work. Even though I haven’t […]