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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

On the Demise of Grantland

November 2nd, 2015|13 min read

By Jake Meador

Benedict, Patrick, Jeremiah, and Other Nouns as Well

October 16th, 2015|7 min read

By Jake Meador

The Strength of the Hills Is Not Ours–Our Modern Identity Crisis

October 14th, 2015|6 min read

By Jake Meador

The Benedict Option and the Pace of Middle Class Life

October 7th, 2015|6 min read

By Jake Meador

A Note on Mere O Notes

October 7th, 2015|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Neglecting the Body and Ignoring Nature–Thoughts on Complementarianism

September 30th, 2015|11 min read

By Jake Meador

Listener Response to the Mere Fidelity Refugee Episode

September 28th, 2015|3 min read

By Jake Meador

The Search for General Tso

September 23rd, 2015|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Race and the Benedict Option

September 9th, 2015|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Forgiveness and Our Fundamentalist Technocrats

September 4th, 2015|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Next Week: The Future of the Church

September 3rd, 2015|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Class and the Benedict Option

September 2nd, 2015|4 min read

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