Approaching the Wardrobe
A Sad Face Is Good for the Heart
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Sadness and struggle are often “out of place” in modern Christianity. Jeff explains that Godly sorrow is embraced on the journey toward true Orthodoxy, where we find that a “sad face is good for the heart.”
Welcome back. Today’s topic is going to tackle the concept of sadness, sorrow, and a Christian world or scene that can handle this. A friend of mine who was in a catechumen class with me, we were chuckling at how nice it is in Orthodoxy to not have all these people giving you these big fake smiles and trying to greet you when you’re going to church. I think he chuckled about how its nice to not to have golf carts driving around in the parking lot looking…