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Don't Miss the Fall Edition of the Mere Orthodoxy Journal

 

We live in a loud, chaotic, and easily distracted moment. Mere Orthodoxy exists to be a place where Christians who are faithful, reflective, and patient can go to find guidance, support, and encouragement as they seek to follow Jesus in our cultural moment. To that end, we not only offer our weekly online content free of charge to readers and a Weekly Digest and access to all our archives to subscribers (free with your email), but we also offer a more in-depth reading and interactive experience for our Members.

Membership gives you exclusive access to the full Mere Orthodoxy experience. In addition to our weekly online content, you will receive a yearly subscription to the Mere Orthodoxy Journal (3 issues per year) featuring outstanding in-depth articles, interviews, book reviews, and insightful commentary on our Cultural and Spiritual moment. Beautifully and artistically designed and printed, the 2024 Fall edition of the Mere Orthodoxy Journal will be mailed to all our members on September 15.

We don't want you to miss it. I just finished reading this issue and it is thought provoking, encouraging, challenging and extremely helpful. By becoming a member by September 1st, you will receive the Fall edition of the Mere Orthodoxy Journal, plus Winter and Spring editions, along with the following resources and benefits, including: 

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Here's a sneak peek at the topics and authors of the essays, reviews, and interviews featured in the Fall edition, which will be mailed in mid-September. 

Table of Contents

• Despair by E.J. Hutchinson, associate professor of Classics at Hillsdale College.
• Beginning Again with Power: The Problem of Bureaucracy by Myles Werntz, Director of Baptist Studies at Abilene Christian University.
• Empty Words by Matthew Miller, associate professor of English at College of the Ozarks.
• The Christian in a Therapeutic World by Ian Harber, author, writer, and Christian media producer.
• Why We Sing Psalms: A Conversation with Brittany Hurd of Canticlear by John Ahern of the Theopolis Institute.
• Rediscovering Political Authority in an Age of Expertise by Brad Littlejohn of the Ethics and Public Policy Center
• Disney's Wish: An Inverted Genie Story by Ross Byrd, teaching director with the Virginia Beach Fellows
• Reformed Civic Republicanism by Jake Meador, editor-in-chief, Mere Orthodoxy
• A review of Aaron Renn's book, "Life in Negative World" by Stiven Peter, RTS NYC student
• A review of Michael Wear's book "The Spirit of Our Politics" by Terence Sweeney, professor at Villanova
• Money by Peter Leithart of the Theopolis Institute

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SPECIAL GIFT FOR FIRST 100 NEW MEMBERS TO JOIN MERE ORTHODOXY BY SEPT 1, 2024

The first 100 new members joining Mere Orthodoxy by September 1st, will receive a special gift of a beautiful 6" x 9" artistic rendering of "Visit this Place, Oh Lord" Compline prayer.  This exquisite print is the creation of artist and author Sarah Clark, the founding editor of Fare Forward, owner of Scale House Print Shop (a letterpress printing studio), and a contributor to Mere Orthodoxy.  This beautiful prayer is our way of saying Thank-you for joining Mere Orthodoxy at the $60/yr ($5/mo) or the $120/yr ($10/mo) levels. 

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Have a wonderful summer and we look forward to hearing from you soon, and getting to know you better in the years to come.

Blessings,

Mark Kremer 
Publisher, Mere Orthodoxy