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Forming Christians in the Church to participate in the culture for the common good.
Editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy, contributing editor at Plough
Nadya Williams is Books 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).
I'm Kirsten Sanders- thinker, flitter-about, erstwhile theologian and gatherer of people to think about God.
Daniel K. Williams teaches American history at Ashland University and is the author of several books on American religion and politics, including The Politics of the Cross: A Christian Alternative to Partisanship.
Phil Cotnoir serves as the editor in chief of TGC Canada. He has written for TGC (US), Mere Orthodoxy, Faith Today, and Front Porch Republic. He graduated from Heritage College & Seminary (B.Th) and blogs at www.philcotnoir.com.
Amateur admirer of God's beauty. Pastor at Grace Church in Waco, TX.
Author of the forthcoming book, Created to Play: How Taking Hobbies Seriously Grows Us Spiritually coming out May 19 with IVP. Follow me as I write about the glories of God in the small of our days.
Reader, writer, historian
A student of the classical and Christian humanist traditions.
Pastor & poet. Walnut Creek PCA
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