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Forming Christians in the Church to participate in the culture for the common good.
I'm Kirsten Sanders- thinker, flitter-about, erstwhile theologian and gatherer of people to think about God.
Adjunct Professor & PhD Candidate. Podcast host of What Would Jesus Tech. Christian in Kitchener.
Many hats. Lecturer in Ethics and Politics. Editor of the Vital Center. Co-Author of Why Postliberalism Failed. Next book: Beyond Postliberalism.
Editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy, contributing editor at Plough
Director of Youth for Redeemer Christian Church (Amarillo, TX). Former social media manager of The Gospel Coalition. Co-host of the What Would Jesus Tech? podcast. Writing on media ecology and Christian discipleship in American evangelicalism.
I am a pastor to college students. I write. I share a theology and culture podcast (Mere Fidelity). I also have a book about God coming out (The Fire of Glory).
Reader, writer, historian
Happy pastor of an ordinary church. Author of Don't Waste Your Desire: Masculinity and the Pursuit of Virtue (forthcoming, June, 2027, Baker Books). Published in The Gospel Coalition, Mere Orthodoxy, and 9Marks.
church planter // public theology // \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8
Nadya Williams is Managing Editor at Mere Orthodoxy and Interim Director of the MFA in Creative Writing at Ashland University. She is the author of three books, including Christians Reading Classics (Zondervan Academic, 2025).
Aspiring Luddite, lover of trees. Anti-robots.
Poet, essayist, and homemaker from Maryland. Author of Home Songs (Wipf and Stock, 2025).
Father. Husband. Seminarian. Pastor. Musician. Evangelical Anglican. Happy to be here!
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