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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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In Praise of Owning Stuff - Commonplaces

Tyler Cowen thinks it is #actually good to own things instead of pay monthly subscription fees. He's almost certainly right.

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The Ever-Present Audience - Commonplaces

Sacasas: It is not just the technological tools available to us that deform us; it is also the desire for attention we have which these tools encourage.

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The Ever-Present Audience - Commonplaces

Sacasas: It is not just the technological tools available to us that deform us; it is also the desire for attention we have which these tools encourage.

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Book Review: Disruptive Witness by Alan Noble | Mere Orthodoxy

Alan Noble's new book succeeds at being both a description of the world as we experience it and a set of proposals for how Christians should respond.

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Why do so many people feel the need to lie about Cardinal McCarrick?

The reporting is clear that Cardinal McCarrick sexually harassed young men. So why do so many in the church and the media keep lying about it?

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Why do so many people feel the need to lie about Cardinal McCarrick?

The reporting is clear that Cardinal McCarrick sexually harassed young men. So why do so many in the church and the media keep lying about it?

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Spiritual Friendship Pre-Conference: Johanna Finegan | Commonplaces

Johanna Finegan's pre-conference talk is a concise and comprehensive rebuttal to many of the criticisms of the Revoice conference.

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Spiritual Friendship Pre-Conference: Johanna Finegan | Commonplaces

Johanna Finegan's pre-conference talk is a concise and comprehensive rebuttal to many of the criticisms of the Revoice conference.

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I Hope I'm Wrong by Dessa - Commonplaces

One of the things I am increasingly convinced of is the fact that many, many American young people are actually quite concerned with matters of spirituality and religious life. The much-discussed “rise of the nones” is less about the rejection of […]

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I Hope I'm Wrong by Dessa - Commonplaces

One of the things I am increasingly convinced of is the fact that many, many American young people are actually quite concerned with matters of spirituality and religious life. The much-discussed “rise of the nones” is less about the rejection of […]

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Against the Sterile Style | Mere Orthodoxy

The sterile style overtaking many American businesses and offices today might be "cool" as defined by passing fads, but it is profoundly inhuman as well.

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Should Pro-Lifers Learn from the DSA? - Commonplaces

Matt Walther has a piece over at The Week which I, perhaps predictably, am feeling really torn about. Here’s Walther’s argument: