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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 MeadorSacred Season

An Introduction to Life, Liturgy, and the Little Years

The liturgical seasons can come alongside us as Christians to provide a framework for knowing more of God, ourselves, and parenting little ones.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

An Introduction to Life, Liturgy, and the Little Years

The liturgical seasons can come alongside us as Christians to provide a framework for knowing more of God, ourselves, and parenting little ones.

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

On the Traditionalists and the Protestants | Mere Orthodoxy

The relationship between divine law and ecclesial authority articulated by Cardinal Burke sounds strikingly similar to Protestant teaching on the matter.

Jake MeadorChurch

15 Proposals for Church Renewal - Commonplaces

To begin, if you aren’t following Tara Ann Thieke on Twitter, you should remedy that. She’s great. This post is inspired by a list she posted on Twitter awhile back which we have been discussing intermittently in Mere O Slack […]

Jake MeadorChurch

15 Proposals for Church Renewal - Commonplaces

To begin, if you aren’t following Tara Ann Thieke on Twitter, you should remedy that. She’s great. This post is inspired by a list she posted on Twitter awhile back which we have been discussing intermittently in Mere O Slack […]

Jake MeadorFeatured

Thomas Aquinas Reviews Worship Songs: Breathe | Mere Orthodoxy

In which the Angelic Doctor analyzes Darlene Zschech's popular worship song "Breathe."

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Quiet Centrality of Market States - Commonplaces

Somewhat improbably, the reformist Republican critique of market-states may actually be more trenchant than the moderate Democratic critique.

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Quiet Centrality of Market States - Commonplaces

Somewhat improbably, the reformist Republican critique of market-states may actually be more trenchant than the moderate Democratic critique.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

The Democrats (Probably) Won't Outflank Themselves | Mere Orthodoxy

Running a leftist campaign may not be electoral suicide; it may be a reasoned choice based on a belief that political persuasion is still possible.

Jake MeadorFeaturedEvangelicalism

Reformation Day and the Waning of the Western Church

The Reformation was not only concerned with theological reform, but also moral reform. It called a decadent church, choking on its own power, to repent.

Jake Meador

Eucharistic Presence and the Life of Faith - Commonplaces

I’m co-teaching a class at my church on the sacraments right now. One benefit is that I have a reason to go back over the old reformed confessions. Here is the Belgic Confession (1561) on the Eucharist:

Jake Meador

Eucharistic Presence and the Life of Faith - Commonplaces

I’m co-teaching a class at my church on the sacraments right now. One benefit is that I have a reason to go back over the old reformed confessions. Here is the Belgic Confession (1561) on the Eucharist: