Jake Meador
Jake Meador is the editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy. He is a 2010 graduate of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he studied English and History. He lives in Lincoln, NE with his wife Joie, their daughter Davy Joy, and sons Wendell, Austin, and Ambrose. Jake's writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Commonweal, Christianity Today, Fare Forward, the University Bookman, Books & Culture, First Things, National Review, Front Porch Republic, and The Run of Play and he has written or contributed to several books, including "In Search of the Common Good," "What Are Christians For?" (both with InterVarsity Press), "A Protestant Christendom?" (with Davenant Press), and "Telling the Stories Right" (with the Front Porch Republic Press).
By Jake Meador
Defining “White Evangelical Crap”
January 14th, 2021|16 min read
By Jake Meador
After Evangelicalism
January 11th, 2021|4 min read
By Jake Meador
Reviewing 2020, Starting 2021
January 4th, 2021|4 min read
By Jake Meador
Best of Mere Orthodoxy 2020
December 29th, 2020|14 min read
By Jake Meador
2020 Eliot Awards
December 28th, 2020|7 min read
By Jake Meador
Christian Hospitality in an Age of Fear: An Interview with Rod Dreher
November 9th, 2020|32 min read
By Jake Meador
An Interview with Andrew Peterson About “The Wingfeather Saga”
October 12th, 2020|28 min read
By Jake Meador
Narnia Essay Contest
October 2nd, 2020|1 min read
By Jake Meador
Steelmanning the “Fill the Seat” Debate
September 21st, 2020|6 min read
By Jake Meador
Announcing the Mere Orthodoxy KickStarter
September 15th, 2020|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Lies, Liberalism, and Sullivan
September 9th, 2020|5 min read
By Jake Meador
A Thousand Liveried Angels Lackey Her: In Memoriam Nancy Snyder
August 21st, 2020|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Conservatism, Out of Decadence
August 13th, 2020|20 min read
By Jake Meador
Children, Culture Wars, and Christian Societies
June 18th, 2020|10 min read
By Jake Meador
Seven Notes on Bostock v Clayton County and the Future of Social Conservatism
June 17th, 2020|11 min read
By Jake Meador
Summarizing the PCA Committee Report on Human Sexuality
May 19th, 2020|24 min read
By Jake Meador
O’Donovan on the Secular
May 19th, 2020|1 min read
By Jake Meador
Christopher Dawson on Bourgeois Culture
May 18th, 2020|2 min read
By Jake Meador
Should Religious Conservatives Aspire to Notoriety?
May 15th, 2020|10 min read
By Jake Meador
What Can and Can’t Be Said About “First Things”
May 15th, 2020|9 min read