In this episode of Direct and Unapologetic Extended Conversations, actor, author, and musician Jonathan Jackson describes his faith in Christ as the indispensable foundation of his life, without which he believes he would be destructive to himself and those he loves.
He describes the comfort gained from understanding that that repentance and crucifixion of the ego and passions are not endpoints, but pathways to resurrection and ongoing joy, and the beauty of marriage and family in the Church.
Jonathan Jackson is a six-time Daytime Emmy Award-winning actor, musician, and author, best known for his role as Lucky Spencer on General Hospital and as Avery Barkley on ABC’s Nashville, and as the frontman of the rock band Enation. His journey to Orthodox Christianity began in 2007 when, while filming in Romania, he encountered a crowd of faithful walking through the streets with lit candles on Pascha — an experience he has described as planting the first seeds. After years of study and what he calls “constant wrestling,” he, his wife Lisa, and their three children were baptized into the Orthodox Church on Holy Saturday 2012. He has since spoken and written extensively about how Orthodoxy shapes every dimension of his life and creative work, describing his conversion not as choosing a new religion but as coming home to a place he had always known.
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