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
Speaking Prophetically to the Church or Publicly Criticizing the Church?
August 1st, 2013|7 min read
By Jake Meador
The Rise of the Chicken Little Evangelical Blogger
July 30th, 2013|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Short-term Missions Trips and Cultural Institutions
July 26th, 2013|4 min read
By Jake Meador
Two scholars debate violence and the nation state
July 18th, 2013|4 min read
By Jake Meador
On substitutionary atonement and disgraced politicians
June 7th, 2013|6 min read
By Jake Meador
On the roots of community
May 29th, 2013|5 min read
By Jake Meador
What is to be done about the evangelical industrial complex?
May 3rd, 2013|5 min read
By Jake Meador
The Ethics of Watching Mad Men
April 5th, 2013|5 min read
By Jake Meador
A Tribute to Edith Schaeffer
April 2nd, 2013|7 min read
By Jake Meador
House of Cards: Kevin Spacey, Tolkien, and the Bible
February 26th, 2013|6 min read
By Jake Meador
A Year of Biblical Womanhood: A(nother) Review
November 30th, 2012|7 min read
By Jake Meador
Why C.S. Lewis is Wrong on Marriage
October 9th, 2012|10 min read
By Jake Meador
A Failure of Storytelling: Kony 2012 and the Social Imagination
March 12th, 2012|8 min read
By Jake Meador
The Title Waiting for Mr. Meador's Book
July 19th, 2010|3 min read
By Jake Meador
What makes good writing?
July 13th, 2010|1 min read
By Jake Meador
On Land and Its Marks
July 8th, 2010|4 min read
By Jake Meador
Nothing Behind the Curtain - Reflections on a Wedding
July 6th, 2010|5 min read
By Jake Meador
Baptized Consumerism - An Argument for Christendom
July 1st, 2010|3 min read
By Jake Meador
Arguing with George William Curtis
June 27th, 2010|2 min read
By Jake Meador
Gender and the Body – How did we get here?
June 24th, 2010|4 min read