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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 MeadorEvangelicalism

On InterVarsity and Black Lives Matter | Mere Orthodoxy

Michelle Higgins made headlines with her talk on Black Lives Matter at the Urbana conference. But are evangelicals actually listening?

Jake MeadorCulture War

Neo-Anabaptists and the Benedict Option | Mere Orthodoxy

There is a Hauerwasian component to Rod Dreher's Benedict Option which needs to be discussed further before we can truly evaluate the merits of the BenOp.

Jake Meador

Fatherhood and Carrying the Fire | Mere Orthodoxy

My father has taught me more than anyone else about the meaning and power of fatherhood.

Jake Meador

On the Chestertonian Oldness of Star Wars

The new Star Wars movie works so well precisely because it is in fact a very old film in all the most important ways.

Jake MeadorUncategorized

Brief Update

Brief Update

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Leaving Difficult Churches II: Common Objects of Love

The most important question facing anyone who has left a difficult church has little to do with the church itself.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalism

Leaving Unhealthy Churches I: Why It's Hard to Leave

In a world that is increasingly dismissive of religion and understandably scornful of strict churches, it can be hard to understand why people stay in them.

Jake MeadorEvangelicalismCurrent Politics

On Prayer Shaming | Mere Orthodoxy

Prayer shaming is evidence of anti-religious sentiments amongst our cultural elites, but it's more than just that.

Jake MeadorEthicsCurrent Politics

Moral Sentimentalism and a Mechanized Society

Alastair Roberts and Jake Meador had a recent email exchange on the issues of moral sentimentalism, ethical reasoning, and living in a bureaucratic society.

Jake Meador

CS Lewis Archives of Mere O

Here are some of our most popular posts about the Oxford don CS Lewis.

Jake MeadorEconomics and BusinessCollege and University

SJWs, the Careerist Peace, and the American Corporation

The ongoing on-campus demonstrations by university SJWs highlights an important change in the American corporation and American culture more generally.

Jake MeadorTelevision

When Grace "Fails": The Music of Call the Midwife

Two complex and difficult stories are the center of an early episode of Call the Midwife. The music of the nuns helps us interpret them rightly.