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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 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 MeadorEvangelicalism
The self-hating tendencies of evangelicals are surfacing again after the horrific Pulse nightclub shooting.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalism
The narrow reading habits of many evangelicals do nothing to help promote the growth and development of Christian wisdom. You must read widely to find that.
Jake MeadorBlogging
The Quirky Author Bio is a uniquely millennial phenomenon that deserves to be mocked, but also reflects deeper problems with our economies for writing.
Jake MeadorEthics
While the critique of civility as a tool for enforcing conformity from some left-wing writers is valid, there's more to the story than just that.
Jake MeadorFormation
This post is an all-in-one guide to books and lectures by Dr. John Webster and tributes written by his friends, former students, and readers.
Jake MeadorCurrent Politics
Rick Santorum's craven endorsement of Donald Trump is the latest reminder that the American church isn't just dying; it's committing suicide.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalism
The key to building and sustaining the sort of Christian communities that can last is cultivating the virtue of indifference.
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCulture WarCurrent Politics
Ruth Graham's latest in Slate is both useful and interesting, but misunderstands the current political mood amongst evangelicals.
Jake MeadorDevotionalFormation
Rob and Ruth Meador discuss how God has revealed himself to them and preserved them in the aftermath of Rob's traumatic brain injury.
Jake Meador
About two-thirds of the way through Dan Lyons’ new book Disrupted: My Misadventure in the Start-Up Bubble my mind went, as it often does, to an excerpt from a Wendell Berry essay. The essay is “Two Economies” and in it Berry […]
Jake MeadorBlogging
Hey all, here are a few brief housekeeping things I wanted to draw to your attention. Secure Browsing First, if you at the URL bar, you’ll see a padlock next to the URL for the website. This is a sign that […]
Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics
One reader (perhaps we can call him Mere O’s very own Professor Kingsfield?) of Friday’s post raised another possible mechanism that could be used by courts or legislatures to target conservative religious groups: the fear of “religious extremism.” Jake — […]
