Jelani Greenidge reviews “The Rookie”, one of the best examples of police dramas finding the right balance between accountability and entertainment.
Jelani Greenidge
Conquering My Fear of That Blasted App
What if the stirring up of our giftedness is one of the things that results in fear?
Game Changer
Jelani Greenidge reviews the video game Watch Dogs: Legion and shares what sets it apart from other games.
The Key to Surviving Transition? Embrace the Burn.
Going back to the way things were is not an option.
Keep the Hope Fires Burning
“So tending to hope requires breath—not only the monitoring of our own breathing in self-care, but the continual breath of the Holy Spirit.”
Take Two Christian Terms and Call Me in the Morning
During an ad-break for a streaming TV drama, a question occurred to me—one of those questions I felt dumb for not knowing the answer to: Why do pharmaceuticals always have two names?
If It’s Sheep Versus Goats, Pick the GOAT
“One small silver lining in the rancor about race in America is that it might help propel us beyond polite dishonesty into real conversation.”
To Confront Racism, First Examine What’s in Your Hand
Columnist Jelani Greenidge reminds us that God can use the things we already hold to bring about deliverance
For Dominant Christian Culture, It’s Excavation or Extinction
Rigid conformity robs us from experiencing all the richness and beauty of God’s creation.
The Lord Is My Smartphone
One of the challenges every pastor has is to present God’s word in a way that is relatable to people in their everyday context. It requires the skill of cultural exegesis—learning the nuances of a culture in order to accurately […]
I Promise This One Is Worth Reading (Maybe)
Holly and I have settled into an unofficial practice that accompanies our television viewing: we often find ourselves rating the promises we see onscreen. You know on a cop show when there’s a brutal killing, and the detective assigned to […]
Resisting the Divide
In an episode of the TV dramedy Sports Night, wisecracking white sports anchor Dan Rydell (Josh Charles) is being reprimanded by his loving-yet-taciturn African American boss, Isaac Jaffe (the great Robert Guillaume), when Dan tries to defend his point of […]