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Gracy Olmstead

Grace Olmstead writes from her home state of Idaho. Her writings can also be found at The American Conservative, The Week, National Review, Christianity Today, and others.

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Grace Olmstead writes from her home state of Idaho. Her writings can also be found at The American Conservative, The Week, National Review, Christianity Today, and others.

Gracy OlmsteadChurchBook ReviewsFormationJournalWinter 2026

The Garden and the Liturgy

Both the church calendar and the work of gardening are reminders of our mortality and an exhortation to prepare for the world to come.

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Markets and the Strangulation of the American Family | Mere Orthodoxy

If the American people care about the family, it's high time we start to act like it because, as two recent books show, the American family is struggling.

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The Cost of Food in America | Mere Orthodoxy

Food in America is not actually cheap. It is, in fact, quite costly—to the health of food workers, the happiness of animals, and the life of the land.

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Searching for Other Feminisms: An Interview with Leah Libresco Sargeant - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

At the end of September, Judge Amy Coney Barrett was being considered for a Supreme Court vacancy left by the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. New York Times columnist Ross Douthat wrote a piece considering the impact Coney Barrett might […]

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Why Protecting Rivers is a Conservative Cause | Mere Orthodoxy

Clean drinking water is a good worth protecting—even if it means one less suburb, or a few more regulations for oil and gas companies.

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The Christian Journalist in the Era of Fake News | Mere Orthodoxy

The rise of fake news has contributed to a crisis of public trust. Combating that crisis requires something from both journalists and their readers.