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
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
By Jake Meador
Fatigue from the Culture War That Never Was
April 7th, 2015|5 min read
By Jake Meador
What I Saw in the Shire--JRR Tolkien and the Love of Little Things
March 25th, 2015|3 min read
By Jake Meador
The Law and the Burden of Love in Harry Potter
March 20th, 2015|5 min read
By Jake Meador
The Narrow Vision of House of Cards
March 3rd, 2015|4 min read
By Jake Meador
The Forgetfulness of Love in Harry Potter
February 3rd, 2015|4 min read
By Jake Meador
The Demands of Love in Harry Potter
January 23rd, 2015|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Curiosity and Love in Harry Potter
January 6th, 2015|5 min read
By Jake Meador
The Marriage Pledge and the Libertarian Solution to the Marriage Debate
November 19th, 2014|4 min read
By Jake Meador
The Evangelical Roots of the Benedict Option
September 5th, 2014|3 min read
By Jake Meador
Respectability and the Plausibility of Orthodoxy
September 4th, 2014|3 min read
By Jake Meador
Should Sermons Be Published?
August 21st, 2014|5 min read
By Jake Meador
3 Thoughts on Kindle Unlimited
July 22nd, 2014|6 min read
By Jake Meador
The Ethics of Jayber Crow
May 19th, 2014|9 min read