Phone-Free Churches?

June 21st, 2023 | 5 min read

A thought experiment inspired by a recent Atlantic piece: What if we banned phones from public worship?

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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.

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