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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

Where Did the College-Aged Evangelicals Go?

December 21st, 2022

By Jake Meador

Best of Mere Orthodoxy 2022

December 19th, 2022|12 min read

By Jake Meador

A Faithful Second Voice: Announcing Mere O’s 2022 End of Year Campaign

December 19th, 2022|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Stop Blaming COVID

December 16th, 2022|3 min read

By Jake Meador

Nine Months After Twitter

December 16th, 2022|3 min read

By Jake Meador

Decadence, Joe Rogan, and Non-Anxious Authority

December 14th, 2022|6 min read

By Jake Meador

Christianity Against the Civilizational State(s)

December 12th, 2022|21 min read

By Jake Meador

Tolkien, Marriage, Liberalism

December 7th, 2022|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Tech and Leadership

December 5th, 2022|3 min read

By Jake Meador

Tolkien Was Right: Notes on the Respect for Marriage Act and the Post-Boomer Church

November 30th, 2022|9 min read

By Jake Meador

Gratitude 2022 (1)

November 21st, 2022|3 min read

By Jake Meador

The Right Instructions

November 9th, 2022|11 min read

By Jake Meador

Church and “the Therapeutic”, Ctd.

November 3rd, 2022|6 min read

By Jake Meador

HR Goes to Church

November 2nd, 2022|7 min read

By Jake Meador

The Barnacle Problem

October 20th, 2022|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Networks v Institutions

October 14th, 2022|5 min read

By Jake Meador

Haunted by Mars Hill(s)

October 12th, 2022|4 min read

By Jake Meador

Alternatives to Culture War

September 29th, 2022|8 min read

By Jake Meador

The People Who Don’t Ask Questions

September 26th, 2022|2 min read

By Jake Meador

Nursing Fathers and the New Right

September 26th, 2022|4 min read