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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

Top Ten Books of 2019 - Commonplaces

It’s that time of year, so here’s my list of my ten favorite (new to me) books from 2019: Unbelief and Revolution by William Groen van Prinsterer This is the book to give your Protestant friend who is deeply suspicious […]

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

Top Ten Books of 2019 - Commonplaces

It’s that time of year, so here’s my list of my ten favorite (new to me) books from 2019: Unbelief and Revolution by William Groen van Prinsterer This is the book to give your Protestant friend who is deeply suspicious […]

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 2: Advent

Join Erin and Danielle as they explore the first season of the liturgical year—Advent—and ask what it teaches us about remembering and waiting on the Lord.

Jake MeadorSacred Season

Sacred Season Episode 2: Advent

Join Erin and Danielle as they explore the first season of the liturgical year—Advent—and ask what it teaches us about remembering and waiting on the Lord.

Jake MeadorFeatured

Book Review: Kids These Days by Malcolm Harris | Mere Orthodoxy

Harris offers a devastating indictment of the late capitalist order, but because he lacks an account of personhood he struggles to define an alternative.

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.