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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.

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Honesty and Extremism | Commonplaces

When a movement's intellectuals can't even manage to be intellectually honest and become concerned exclusively with power, that movement has lost itself.

Jake Meador

Honesty and Extremism | Commonplaces

When a movement's intellectuals can't even manage to be intellectually honest and become concerned exclusively with power, that movement has lost itself.

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The Freedom of the Trad - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Freddie De Boer has a typically sharp post up at his personal blog analyzing the ‘trad’ trend in some (mostly culturally elite) social circles. Do read the whole thing, but this graf gets at the main critique nicely: Here’s the […]

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Notes on Christianity Today's Impeachment Editorial | Mere Orthodoxy

Many of the responses to Mark Galli's editorial are silly, but one in particular was very good and worth considering at greater length.

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Sacred Season: Episode 4: Epiphany

Thanks so much for listening to the fourth episode of Sacred Season! Opening Scripture: Isaiah 60:3 Closing Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20 Original podcast music by Shannon Soderlund Resources Eugene Peterson’s book on the life and call of Jeremiah–Run with the Horses:

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season: Episode 4: Epiphany

Thanks so much for listening to the fourth episode of Sacred Season! Opening Scripture: Isaiah 60:3 Closing Scripture: Matthew 28:18-20 Original podcast music by Shannon Soderlund Resources Eugene Peterson’s book on the life and call of Jeremiah–Run with the Horses:

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 3: Christmas

Join Erin and Danielle as they the season of Christmas and how Christ’s incarnation shapes the way we think about and relate to our own bodies.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 3: Christmas

Join Erin and Danielle as they the season of Christmas and how Christ’s incarnation shapes the way we think about and relate to our own bodies.

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The Trumpists and the Third Commandment - Commonplaces

In yet another instance of the alarming fall of the Christian right, the Trumpists are violating the third commandment again.

Jake Meador

The Trumpists and the Third Commandment - Commonplaces

In yet another instance of the alarming fall of the Christian right, the Trumpists are violating the third commandment again.

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Mere Orthodoxy Best of 2019 | Mere Orthodoxy

This is our annual list of some of the top essays, reviews, and columns published at Mere O in 2019.

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The 2019 Eliot Awards - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Each year in December we publish our Eliot Awards at Mere Orthodoxy for excellence in long-form writing over the past 12 months.