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
Protestantism and the Benedict Option
August 27th, 2015|10 min read
By Jake Meador
A World Where Love Can Be at Home–Josh Ritter and Francis Schaeffer
August 26th, 2015|8 min read
By Jake Meador
On Tinder and Why It's OK to Commodify Sex
August 19th, 2015|4 min read
By Jake Meador
On Long Posts
August 18th, 2015|2 min read
By Jake Meador
3 Points on #PPSellsBabyParts
July 30th, 2015|6 min read
By Jake Meador
The Evolution of Blogs and the Future of Mere O
July 29th, 2015|6 min read
By Jake Meador
The Future of Evangelicalism at Patheos
July 24th, 2015|1 min read
By Jake Meador
In Search of Sanctuary: Reviewing Young Evangelical Memoirs
July 23rd, 2015|20 min read
By Jake Meador
Schaeffer: Excluding SSA Christians from Church Life is “Cruel and Wrong.”
July 14th, 2015|6 min read
By Jake Meador
The Inevitability of Same-Sex Marriage
July 2nd, 2015|6 min read
By Jake Meador
Home, Retreat, and the Benedict Option
June 1st, 2015|9 min read
By Jake Meador
Christian Ethics, Evangelicals, and Functional Marcionism
May 26th, 2015|6 min read
By Jake Meador
Evangelicals and the Search for Credibility
May 20th, 2015|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Arguing For and Against Capital Punishment
May 19th, 2015|3 min read
By Jake Meador
Bill Simmons, ESPN, and the New Writing Economy
May 11th, 2015|4 min read
By Jake Meador
A Brief Thought on the Benedict Option
May 4th, 2015|2 min read
By Jake Meador
What Zlatan Ibrahimovic Taught Me About Enchantment
April 28th, 2015|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Reviewing The New Parish and New Evangelical Language
April 21st, 2015|8 min read
By Jake Meador
On GK Chesterton and Chicken Vindaloo
April 13th, 2015|7 min read
By Jake Meador
The Politics of the Christmas Truce
April 9th, 2015|5 min read