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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

Sertillanges on the Amateur Scholar

January 2nd, 2017|1 min read

By Jake Meador

The Jingling Bells of Publicity

December 31st, 2016

By Jake Meador

Plough Magazine: The Hole in Wendell Berry’s Gospel

December 28th, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

The Puritan Society

December 26th, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Demonic Rapaciousness

December 23rd, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Losing a Majority Mindset

December 23rd, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Tradition Doesn’t Solve the Problem of Christian Unity

December 18th, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Hauerwas on the Politics of Sex

December 17th, 2016|3 min read

By Jake Meador

Never Knowing Where You Come From

December 15th, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

Religion Makes the Music Sweeter

December 15th, 2016|1 min read

By Jake Meador

I Want to be a Burden

December 15th, 2016|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Commonplace Books

December 9th, 2016

By Jake Meador

#NeverTrump and President Trump

November 14th, 2016|7 min read

By Jake Meador

The Possibilities of Home

November 8th, 2016|29 min read

By Jake Meador

Courage, St. Crispin’s Day, and the 2016 Election

November 7th, 2016|7 min read

By Jake Meador

A Note on Publishing at Mere O

November 7th, 2016|7 min read

By Jake Meador

Our Impoverished Imaginations: The World of Jen Hatmaker

November 1st, 2016|12 min read

By Jake Meador

Categorizing the Benedict Options: A Reformation Day Reflection

October 31st, 2016|23 min read

By Jake Meador

7 Theses on Evangelicalism After Donald Trump and 2016

October 19th, 2016|27 min read

By Jake Meador

Interview with Danielle Hitchen

September 21st, 2016|5 min read