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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, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.
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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, National Review, Comment, Books & Culture, and Christianity Today. He is a contributing editor with Plough and a contributing writer at the Dispatch. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.
Jake MeadorChurch
Corruption and abuse have driven many Americans away from church. But these are not the only things driving dechurching or even the most common things.
Jake MeadorFamilyChurchMarriageSexuality
On why we never ask deeper questions and instead mostly yell at heavily bearded conservative men on Twitter for making creepy comments about yoga pants
Jake MeadorTechnologyGender
Sheila Gregoire's attack on Nancy Pearcey is the latest example of how post-evangelical and Christian nationalist online styles are eerily similar.
Jake MeadorPolitical Theology
Contrary to the claims of white nationalists masquerading as Christians, Augustine's concept of the order of love has nothing to do with ethnicity.
Jake MeadorPolitical TheologyCurrent Politics
We should reimagine our politics to favor people's long-term good over their short-term pleasure. This proposal offers several ways we might do that.
Jake MeadorCurrent PoliticsPlace
The true lines of the culture war divide in America are not state-based, but are fuzzier, dividing blue urban hubs from red rural heartlands.
Jake MeadorChurch
Vanity and self-absorption are some of the surest ways I know to undermine church life and hinder the work of God in local congregations.
Jake MeadorTechnologyPolitical Theology
A bare proceduralist political project will not be sufficient in an era that, through technology, makes destructive vices so readily accessible.
Jake MeadorTechnology
Should churches attempt to ban or limit smartphones in public worship?
Jake MeadorEvangelicalism
Jake continues his reflection on why evangelicalism has failed and what can be done to help promote renewal.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismPolitical TheologyHistory/Church History
The evangelical moment is ending, buried under contradictions and corruption. But a new, better chapter of Christian history in America might be beginning.
Jake MeadorFeaturedCulture
Due to a variety of factors, journalism in the digital age has in many places been swallowed by PR. Part of this is a function of the way online networks tend to work, while part of it is due to […]
