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Forming Christians in the Church to participate in the culture for the common good.

reader, writer, wife, mother of four // published at The European Conservative, Mere Orthodoxy, Ekstasis, and Fathom Mag

I'm Kirsten Sanders- thinker, flitter-about, erstwhile theologian and gatherer of people to think about God.

Journalist writing and researching about faith, culture, and formation for Millennials and Gen Z. Writer for Sports Spectrum. Published in Washington Post, Mere O, RELEVANT, TGC, & U.S. News. Host of the In No Hurry Podcast.

Editor-in-chief of Mere Orthodoxy, contributing editor at Plough

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.

Author of 8 books including Downsizing: Letting Go of Evangelicalism's Nonessentials, Translating Your Past, Becoming Sage, and Born to Wander, plus articles, curriculum, and plays. There's always more to say.

Content marketing writer for NYT bestselling authors.

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).

International man of mysticism. Author of LUMINOX (Tilt Press, 2026) and THE PILGRIMS (Eclogue Press, coming soon). Editor of NEW ADVENTURES (Pennyworth Press, 2026). Contributing editor at TRACES JOURNAL. Always seeking Him.

Poetry collection: Below the Brightness (Solum Press, 2024). Poems in Southern Poetry Review, First Things, Commonweal, New Verse Review, Autumn Sky Poetry Daily, Blue Unicorn, The Windhover, Atlanta Review, and elsewhere.

Lanta Davis is the author of Becoming by Beholding: The Power of the Imagination in Spiritual Formation and teaches classes on beauty, Great Texts, and the sacramental imagination for the John Wesley Honors College at Indiana Wesleyan University.

Husband to Megan. Dad to Ruth, Abbie, & Nora. Associate Pastor @ Walnut Creek PCA, contributing writer @ Mere Orthodoxy

Cameron Shaffer is the Pastor of Langhorne Presbyterian Church, a PhD candidate at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, author of "Keeping Kids Christian", contributing writer for Mere Orthodoxy, and a board member of the World Reformed Fellowship

Kandace McCorrister is a PhD researcher at the London School of Theology. Her work explores the intersection of faith and culture, charismatic studies, and suffering.