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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 MeadorCulture War
The Benedict Option may be less about articulating a new response to new challenges and more about returning to classic Christian orthodoxy.
Jake MeadorCulture
Conversations about "reenchantment" can quickly become lifeless and arid--which is why we should all watch this classic goal from Zlatan Ibrahimovic.
Jake MeadorChurch
The New Parish is a book with a great idea executed only half as well as it might have been, due in no small part to the dreadful language the writers use.
Jake Meador
Reading GK Chesterton for the first time can be a bit like eating chicken vindaloo after a lifetime of hamburgers and mac and cheese.
Jake MeadorCulture War
For one day in 1914 thousands of soldiers laid down their guns and stopped trying to kill each other. It was the Christmas Truce. But it lasted only a day.
Jake MeadorCulture War
Stories of evangelicals struggling with fatigue from the culture war have been getting a great deal of attention. But "culture war" may be the wrong term.
Jake MeadorLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. Tolkien
JRR Tolkien's Lord of the Rings shows us many truths, not the least of which is the life-giving power of loving small things.
Jake Meador
Love in Harry Potter is not simply sentiment, it is a choice, a willing toward the good of the beloved. And this love will pay any cost to save the beloved.
Jake MeadorPoliticsTelevision
For all their dissimilarities, there is one important and d
Jake Meadorharry potterBook Reviews
One of the less discussed points in Harry Potter is the forgetfulness of love, a theme Rowling develops in Harry, Hermione, Neville, and Luna.
Jake MeadorPoliticsEthics
Love in Harry Potter is not primarily a feeling or emotion, but rather an orientation to the world that transforms everything one looks at.
Jake Meador
Curiosity often takes a vicious form in the information age. But the Harry Potter series shows how curiosity can be a virtue when practiced rightly.
