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Forming Christians in the Church to participate in the culture for the common good.
Jordan is President of Professor Lending (NMLS 2644699 | NMLS 2353843) and Publisher for Hanover Press. He writes two columns: (1) Wakecon on economics and housing (2) Kiffin's Keep on theology and philosophy
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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).
I love to learn from others, so I read, I write, and I teach, all the bookish things that connect us.
I teach and practice family medicine at a mission hospital in Kenya. I have an actual newsletter (a family/ministry one) you can access at http://eepurl.com/MCign
Editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy, contributing editor at Plough
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Happy pastor of an ordinary church. Author of Don't Waste Your Desire: Masculinity and the Pursuit of Virtue (June 2027, Baker Books). Published in The Gospel Coalition, Mere Orthodoxy, and 9Marks.
AE at Baker Books. Law & Liberty Fellow; Mere O Contributing Writer; Ciceronian Society; Lincoln Forum. ✍️: First Things, Law & Liberty, Modern Age, Mere Orthodoxy, The American Mind, Ad Fontes.
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