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
Hope, History, and the American Church After Obergefell
April 22nd, 2016|9 min read
By Jake Meador
3 Lessons from “The Faith of Christopher Hitchens”
April 20th, 2016|10 min read
By Jake Meador
Purity, Ecclesiology, and the Benedict Option
April 4th, 2016|9 min read
By Jake Meador
Boycotts and the End of Neighborliness
March 28th, 2016|10 min read
By Jake Meador
Davenant House, Christian Community, and the Work of Study Centers
March 22nd, 2016|24 min read
By Jake Meador
“The Seer” Gets Wendell Berry Exactly Right.
March 18th, 2016|9 min read
By Jake Meador
An Interview with Laura Dunn, Director of “The Seer”
March 17th, 2016|11 min read
By Jake Meador
Tolkien's Holy Fools
March 14th, 2016|6 min read
By Jake Meador
The Redundancy of House of Cards
March 9th, 2016|6 min read
By Jake Meador
Of Jayber Crow and Donald Trump
March 7th, 2016|10 min read
By Jake Meador
The Battle for the Bible and a “Literal” Hermeneutic
February 25th, 2016|7 min read
By Jake Meador
Social Conservatives and Donald Trump
February 18th, 2016|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Who says memorialism isn’t “sacramental”?
February 10th, 2016|6 min read
By Jake Meador
Sanctified by Grace Blog Tour: Mortification
January 29th, 2016|3 min read
By Jake Meador
Sanctified by Grace Blog Tour: Election
January 26th, 2016|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Announcing Davenant House
January 19th, 2016|2 min read
By Jake Meador
Leaving Difficult Churches III: On Spiritual Abuse, Community, and the Internet
January 18th, 2016|6 min read
By Jake Meador
On Loving and Hating Places
January 15th, 2016|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Is Not Voting in an Election Nihilistic?
January 14th, 2016|5 min read
By Jake Meador
On InterVarsity and Black Lives Matter
January 6th, 2016|6 min read