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The Limits of Willpower

June 22nd, 2023 | 3 min read

By Jake Meador

One of our favorite stories to read with our kids at bedtime is a Frog and Toad story about when one of the friends made cookies and brought them to the other's house. They sit down, eat some cookies, keep eating cookies, and soon look at each other, realizing they need to stop. But they can't.

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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, The Dispatch, National Review, Comment, Christianity Today, and Plough. He lives in his hometown of Lincoln, NE with his wife and four children.