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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

In Praise of Owning Stuff

September 12th, 2018|1 min read

By Jake Meador

The Ever-Present Audience

September 11th, 2018

By Jake Meador

Book Review: Disruptive Witness by Alan Noble

September 5th, 2018|12 min read

By Jake Meador

Why do so many people feel the need to lie about Cardinal McCarrick?

August 31st, 2018|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Spiritual Friendship Pre-Conference Talks: Johanna Finegan

August 3rd, 2018

By Jake Meador

I Hope I’m Wrong by Dessa

July 30th, 2018|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Against the Sterile Style

June 26th, 2018|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Should Pro-Lifers Learn from the DSA?

June 22nd, 2018|6 min read

By Jake Meador

The Lord’s Work in the Lord’s Way: Against the Culture War

June 21st, 2018|19 min read

By Jake Meador

On Not Being Like Juan Gines de Sepulveda

June 11th, 2018|3 min read

By Jake Meador

What do we mean by “community”?

June 6th, 2018|8 min read

By Jake Meador

The Scientist’s Prayer

June 6th, 2018

By Jake Meador

A Brief Note on Paige Patterson’s Defenders

June 5th, 2018|7 min read

By Jake Meador

The Fall of the Village

May 25th, 2018|10 min read

By Jake Meador

Can There Be Mercy in Trump’s America?

May 21st, 2018|8 min read

By Jake Meador

Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 2018

May 8th, 2018|6 min read

By Jake Meador

On the Pence Rule

May 3rd, 2018|8 min read

By Jake Meador

Concrete Proposals Focus the Mind

April 25th, 2018|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Book Review: Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen

April 25th, 2018|8 min read

By Jake Meador

The Wolves of Instagram

April 24th, 2018|4 min read