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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, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.

By Jake Meador

Liturgical Jigs and Millennial Burnout

July 24th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Post-Liberalism and American Racism

June 28th, 2019|9 min read

By Jake Meador

On the Liberal’s Incoherence: Responding to Charles C. W. Cooke

June 27th, 2019|8 min read

By Jake Meador

In Search of the Common Good Book Launch

June 25th, 2019|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Book Review: Dignity by Chris Arnade

June 18th, 2019|16 min read

By Jake Meador

Can Justice Be Saved? Faith, Love, and Hope in a Political Key

June 17th, 2019

By Jake Meador

Is all human community parasitic?

June 12th, 2019|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Are America’s Megachurches Too Big to Fail?

June 11th, 2019|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Can Social Conservatives Lead?

June 10th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Mere O News (and a Book Perk!)

June 4th, 2019|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Martin Bucer’s Anti-Poverty Program

June 3rd, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

David French and the Revolutionary Style in Conservative Journalism

June 3rd, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

On Pro-Life Incrementalism

May 24th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Should We Expand the Scope of the Abortion Debate?

May 22nd, 2019|11 min read

By Jake Meador

What makes a person or theological statement “individualistic”?

April 29th, 2019|8 min read

By Jake Meador

The End of Christendom: Notes on the Burning of Notre Dame

April 15th, 2019|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Whose Reaganism? Which Republicanism?

March 27th, 2019|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Apologies, Power, and Martyrdom in a Decadent Age

March 15th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

The Surprising Humanity of the Westminster Confession

March 11th, 2019|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Will Complementarianism Die with the Baby Boomers?

March 5th, 2019|24 min read