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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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Book Review: Why Liberalism Failed by Patrick Deneen

Deneen's critics who focus on policy questions are missing the point of Deneen's book, which is that the world responsible for those policies is failing.

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Wolves of Instagram - Commonplaces

The Guardian's story on financial fraud on Instagram is about way more than just technology and finance; it's about poverty, loneliness, and desperation.

Jake MeadorEconomics

The Wolves of Instagram - Commonplaces

The Guardian's story on financial fraud on Instagram is about way more than just technology and finance; it's about poverty, loneliness, and desperation.

Jake MeadorFeaturedChurch

The Crisis in Christian Discipline and the Opportunity Before Us

American Christianity's moral witness has been badly weakened at a time when we could provide a confused, fracturing world with a hopeful alternative.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

New Davenant release: God of Our Fathers - Commonplaces

Both of these things are true: I have spent my entire life in the church. I didn’t really know the traditional view of the doctrine of God until the last couple of years.

Jake MeadorBook Reviews

New Davenant release: God of Our Fathers - Commonplaces

Both of these things are true: I have spent my entire life in the church. I didn’t really know the traditional view of the doctrine of God until the last couple of years.

Jake Meador

Two Questions After Reading Jonathan Leeman's "How the Nations Rage"

Jonathan Leeman's new book has much practical wisdom, but the underlying political imagination leaves something to be desired.

Jake Meador

Two Questions After Reading Jonathan Leeman's "How the Nations Rage"

Jonathan Leeman's new book has much practical wisdom, but the underlying political imagination leaves something to be desired.

Jake Meador

Hospitality requires skill. - Commonplaces

Hospitality is place-making with the goal of serving others. Creating a place like that requires patience, time, and cultivating a number of skills.

Jake Meador

Hospitality requires skill. - Commonplaces

Hospitality is place-making with the goal of serving others. Creating a place like that requires patience, time, and cultivating a number of skills.

Jake MeadorFeaturedCurrent Politics

3 Notes on the Kevin Willamson Firing - Mere Orthodoxy | Christianity, Politics, and Culture

Yesterday Kevin Williamson’s extremely short time at The Atlantic came to an abrupt end. There’s been no shortage of angst about it amongst conservatives and, thus, no shortage of panicky responses from the right and “he deserved it,” pieces from the […]

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Longing and Hope in the Shadowlands | Mere Orthodoxy

Christians should not be surprised by unexpected resurrection. We should see in such things a sign of the coming resurrection and a testament to God's love.