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Jake Meador

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

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 MeadorBook Reviews

You Mostly Shouldn't Write About People You Hate - Commonplaces

A thought provoked by Miles’s column at World in which he says: What made McCullough so different from his critics is that he maintained affection and charity towards the United States and its peoples despite its flawed history. McCullough had the […]

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

You Mostly Shouldn't Write About People You Hate - Commonplaces

A thought provoked by Miles’s column at World in which he says: What made McCullough so different from his critics is that he maintained affection and charity towards the United States and its peoples despite its flawed history. McCullough had the […]

Jake Meador

The Dead Consensus vs Ahmarism in Three Sentences - Commonplaces

The Dead Consensus has no theory of power. The Ahmarists have no theory of martyrdom. A Christian political philosophy has to have both if it is going to be actually Christian.

Jake Meador

The Dead Consensus vs Ahmarism in Three Sentences - Commonplaces

The Dead Consensus has no theory of power. The Ahmarists have no theory of martyrdom. A Christian political philosophy has to have both if it is going to be actually Christian.

Jake MeadorChurch

Five Ministry Dynamics for the Gray Zone - Commonplaces

From Rebuilders, which continues to be one of my favorite podcasts. Essential listening for ministry leaders, pastors, etc. Here they are discussing challenges that are confronting the church in what Sayers calls a “gray zone.” Gray zones refer to historical […]

Jake MeadorChurch

Five Ministry Dynamics for the Gray Zone - Commonplaces

From Rebuilders, which continues to be one of my favorite podcasts. Essential listening for ministry leaders, pastors, etc. Here they are discussing challenges that are confronting the church in what Sayers calls a “gray zone.” Gray zones refer to historical […]

Jake Meador

Voting and Virtue - Commonplaces

A further note re: the Orbanism piece: When we talk about how citizens engage in political life, there are really two separate things we can talk about. We can talk about a relatively narrow category concerned with voting, perhaps some […]

Jake Meador

Voting and Virtue - Commonplaces

A further note re: the Orbanism piece: When we talk about how citizens engage in political life, there are really two separate things we can talk about. We can talk about a relatively narrow category concerned with voting, perhaps some […]

Jake Meador

Notes on the Orbanism Essay - Commonplaces

One common question that’s come up since the Orbanism piece on the main site is one that I tried to anticipate in the essay itself: Is the Augustinian liberal strategy naive? Or, put another way, does it matter if liberalism […]

Jake Meador

Notes on the Orbanism Essay - Commonplaces

One common question that’s come up since the Orbanism piece on the main site is one that I tried to anticipate in the essay itself: Is the Augustinian liberal strategy naive? Or, put another way, does it matter if liberalism […]

Jake MeadorEconomics

Basil the Great Addresses the Rich - Commonplaces

St Basil: Since, then, the wealth still overflows, it gets buried underground, stashed away in secret places. For (they say), “what’s to come is uncertain, we may face unexpected needs.” Therefore it is equally uncertain whether you will have any […]

Jake MeadorEconomics

Basil the Great Addresses the Rich - Commonplaces

St Basil: Since, then, the wealth still overflows, it gets buried underground, stashed away in secret places. For (they say), “what’s to come is uncertain, we may face unexpected needs.” Therefore it is equally uncertain whether you will have any […]